Daily Thoughts

In the Book of Mormon I read about the sad state of those who procrastinate the day or their repentance until it is everlastingly too late.  Those who seek to find happiness in doing iniquity will find that such is against the nature of happiness.  Wickedness never was happiness!  Helaman 13: 38-39 "But behold, your days of probation are past; ye have procrastinated the day of your salvation until it is everlastingly too late, and your destruction is made sure; yea, for ye have sought all the days of your lives for that which ye could not obtain; and ye have sought for happiness in doing iniquity, which thing is contrary to the nature of that righteousness which is in our great and Eternal Head. O ye people of the land, that ye would hear my words! And I pray that the anger of the Lord be turned away from you, and that ye would repent and be saved."

Yesterday we read about how David allowed lust in his heart to cause him to commit sin and get a married woman pregnant.  Today we read how he committed an even greater sin of having her husband killed in battle and then taking her to be his wife.  One bad thing lead to another, and the Lord was very displeased with what David had done. If we do something wrong, we need to repent right away and turn our lives back around before we head on a downward spiral to even worse things.  2 Samuel 11:14-15, 26-27 "And it came to pass in the morning, that David wrote a letter to Joab, and sent it by the hand of Uriah.  And he wrote in the letter, saying, Set ye Uriah in the forefront of the hottest battle, and retire ye from him, that he may be smitten, and die. And when the wife of Uriah heard that Uriah her husband was dead, she mourned for her husband. And when the mourning was past, David sent and fetched her to his house, and she became his wife, and bare him a son. But the thing that David had done displeased the Lord."

A verse with a thought booklet reminds us to always give thanks unto our Heavenly Father in the name of Jesus Christ, for all things.  ALL things! It's one thing to express our gratitude to the Lord for our health, our families, our homes, all the blessings in our lives.  But is it so easy to give thanks for illnesses, financial setbacks, a job loss, and other trials and tribulations that come our way?  In yet, we're told to give thanks in ALL things.  And even our difficult situations can turn into blessings in disguise when we look back at them after we're gone through them.  In the eternal prospective of things, all things work together for our good and help strengthen us and help us to become the people we have the potential to become.  If we truly can give thanks in ALL things, it will change our attitudes and help us find joy even in the midst of our trials.  Ephesians 5:20 "Giving thanks always for all things unto God and the Father in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ;"
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