Daily Thoughts

In the D&C we read that God gave Joseph Smith power from on high by which means he was able to translate the Book of Mormon, which contains a fulness of the gospel.  This was confirmed by the witnesses of others, proving to the world that the holy scriptures are true and God inspires men and calls them to His holy work in this day as well as in days of old.  God is the same yesterday, today, and forever.  D&C 20:8-12 "And gave him power from on high, by the means which were before prepared, to translate the Book of Mormon; Which contains a record of a fallen people, and the fulness of the gospel of Jesus Christ to the Gentiles and to the Jews also; Which was given by inspiration, and is confirmed to others by the ministering of angels, and is declared unto the world by them— Proving to the world that the holy scriptures are true, and that God does inspire men and call them to his holy work in this age and generation, as well as in generations of old; Thereby showing that he is the same God yesterday, today, and forever. Amen."

In the Old Testament we read that those who forsake God's law and don't walk in His judgments will be punished for their iniquity.  However, the Lord will not utterly remove His loving kindness, nor fail in His faithfulness. The Lord loves us, even when we sin.  We will be punished for our sins if we refuse to repent, but the Lord will welcome us back with loving arms if we're wiling to repent.  Psalms 89:30-33 "If his children forsake my law, and walk not in my judgments; If they break my statutes, and keep not my commandments; Then will I visit their transgression with the rod, and their iniquity with stripes. Nevertheless my lovingkindness will I not utterly take from him, nor suffer my faithfulness to fail."

A verse with a thought booklet reminds us to be quick to hear but slow to speak, and to be slow to wrath.  In other works, listen more than you talk and don't let yourself become easily angered. Do we really listen to other people, or are we thinking more about what we want to say back to them?  Can we hardly wait for them to shut up so we can say our piece?  What kind of people do you enjoy being around--whose who talk your ear off so you can't get a word in edgewise, or those who really seem to listen to what you have to say?  Do we prefer people who get angry over ever little thing or people who are not easily offended? If we want friends who enjoy being around us, what type of person should we be?  James 1:19 " Wherefore, my beloved brethren, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath:"
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