Daily Thoughts

In the Book of Mormon I read that we need to repent, become humble like a little child, and be baptized in order to inherit the Kingdom of God.  If we build upon the solid foundation of this doctrine, the gates of hell shall not prevail against us.  However, anyone who declares more or less than this is building upon a sandy foundation which will not stand.  3 Nephi 11:37-40 "And again I say unto you, ye must repent, and become as a little child, and be baptized in my name, or ye can in nowise receive these things. And again I say unto you, ye must repent, and be baptized in my name, and become as a little child, or ye can in nowise inherit the kingdom of God. Verily, verily, I say unto you, that this is my doctrine, and whoso buildeth upon this buildeth upon my rock, and the gates of hell shall not prevail against them. And whoso shall declare more or less than this, and establish it for my doctrine, the same cometh of evil, and is not built upon my rock; but he buildeth upon a sandy foundation, and the gates of hell stand open to receive such when the floods come and the winds beat upon them."

In the Old Testament we continue to read about the wickedness of Jeroboam who did not repent of his evil ways.  He built high places to worship his false gods and consecrated the worst of people to be priests of the false gods.  These sins caused Jeroboam to be cut off and his house destroyed from off the face of the earth.  1 Kings 13:33-34 "After this thing Jeroboam returned not from his evil way, but made again of the lowest of the people priests of the high places: whosoever would, he consecrated him, and he became one of the priests of the high places. And this thing became sin unto the house of Jeroboam, even to cut it off, and to destroy it from off the face of the earth."

A verse with a thought booklet tells us that the Lord is in our midst, rejoices over us with joy, and with joy sings over us.  Has anyone ever sung over you?  When I was very young my mother sung lullabies over me, and I never doubted that she loved me, no matter what.  This is an interesting verse of scripture because it starts out telling us that God is mighty to save and ends up telling us that he sings over us and we can rest in His love.  The next time we're doubting our worth, we can think of the Lord rejoicing and singing over us, because of His great love for us.  Zephaniah 3:17 " The Lord thy God in the midst of thee is mighty; he will save, he will rejoice over thee with joy; he will rest in his love, he will joy over thee with singing."