Daily Thoughts

In the Book of Mormon I read a verse that contains the Golden Rule.  We need to do unto others what we would have them do unto us.  If we would truly live our lives this way, what a wonderful world full of kindness and unselfishness this would be!  3 Nephi 14: 12 "Therefore, all things whatsoever ye would that men should do to you, do ye even so to them, for this is the law and the prophets."

In the Old Testament we read about the dire straits that a widow was in.  Her husband had been a good man who feared the Lord, but now he was dead and creditors had come to take their two sons into bondage to pay their debts.  However, the Lord did not leave her alone to this fate.  He sent Elisha to preform a miracle for her--of oil being multiplied and filling as many vessels as the woman could borrow. She was able to sell this oil to pay her debts.  When we do what's right and trust in the Lord, He will help us during our times of need.  2 Kings 4:1-7 "Now there cried a certain woman of the wives of the sons of the prophets unto Elisha, saying, Thy servant my husband is dead; and thou knowest that thy servant did fear the Lord: and the creditor is come to take unto him my two sons to be bondmen. And Elisha said unto her, What shall I do for thee? tell me, what hast thou in the house? And she said, Thine handmaid hath not any thing in the house, save a pot of oil. Then he said, Go, borrow thee vessels abroad of all thy neighbours, even empty vessels; borrow not a few. And when thou art come in, thou shalt shut the door upon thee and upon thy sons, and shalt pour out into all those vessels, and thou shalt set aside that which is full. So she went from him, and shut the door upon her and upon her sons, who brought the vessels to her; and she poured out. And it came to pass, when the vessels were full, that she said unto her son, Bring me yet a vessel. And he said unto her, There is not a vessel more. And the oil stayed. Then she came and told the man of God. And he said, Go, sell the oil, and pay thy debt, and live thou and thy children of the rest."   

A verse with a thought booklet tells us to be silent before the Lord. Do we always utter prayers and then get up off our knees and quickly go about our daily business?  Sometimes we need to take time, in silent meditation, to hear and feel what the Lord has to say to us.  It is often when we are in a spirit of silent contemplation that we can receive guidance and direction from the Lord.  Zechariah 2:13 "Be silent, O all flesh, before the Lord: for he is raised up out of his holy habitation."