Daily Thoughts

In the D&C I read that the hour is near when the earth will be ripe with iniquity and the proud and wicked will be destroyed.  D&C 29:9 "For the hour is nigh and the day soon at hand when the earth is ripe; and all the proud and they that do wickedly shall be as stubble; and I will burn them up, saith the Lord of Hosts, that wickedness shall not be upon the earth;" 

In the Old Testament we read that it is good and pleasant for brethren to dwell together in unity.  Do we love and get along with others, or is there contention and disharmony in our relationships?  Psalms 133:1 "Behold, how good and how pleasant it is for brethren to dwell together in unity!"

A verse from a thought booklet contains a short statement that we sometimes fell like we should say in our prayers, but have a hard time really meaning sometimes.  We pray for things we want and we don't want to take no for an answer.  We pray for trials and tribulations to be removed, and we want them gone! We can't accept having to live with them one more minute! It's hard to pray "Thy will be done" and really accept it if the Lord's will is different from ours.  In yet, if we truly trust in the Lord we can know that He'll answer our prayers in the way that is best for us and for everyone involved.  His answers are best, even if we can't see it at the time. Instead of giving demanding prayers, perhaps we should humble ourselves enough to pray that we'll be able to accept God's will for us. That's what the Savior did when faced with suffering and dying for us.  Nothing we can possibly face will ever be anything near that magnitude.  In yet even though Jesus would have preferred that the cup be removed from Him, He prayed that the Father's will, not His, be done.  What an example to follow!  Luke 22:42 "Saying, Father, if thou be willing, remove this cup from me: nevertheless not my will, but thine, be done."