Daily Thoughts

In the D&C we read about how the righteous and the wicked will be separated--the righteous to receive eternal life and the wicked to receive everlasting fire prepared for the devil and his angels.  D&C 29:27-28 "And the righteous shall be gathered on my right hand unto eternal life; and the wicked on my left hand will I be ashamed to own before the Father; Wherefore I will say unto them—Depart from me, ye cursed, into everlasting fire, prepared for the devil and his angels."

In the Old Testament we read that each generation should teach the next about the Lord and His mighty works.  Those of us who are older have a lifetime of experiences with the Lord--answered prayers, tender mercies, miracles, lessons learned from adversity.  Have we taken the time to pass on this wisdom to those of the next generation?  Psalms 145:4 "One generation shall praise thy works to another, and shall declare thy mighty acts."


In some scriptures from a thought booklet we read that Jesus' disciples had been very busy teaching and doing things.  They'd hardly even had time to eat.  Jesus told them to go to a desert place where they could find rest and solitude.  It's great to be busily engaged in doing good things, but we all need to take time out to rest and recharge our batteries.  We should not feel guilty for taking some time for ourselves.  If we let ourselves get worn down and burned out we won't be able to help and serve others.  We need to take care of ourselves so we can be there for everybody else.  Matthew 6:30-32 "Wherefore, if God so clothe the grass of the field, which to day is, and to morrow is cast into the oven, shall he not much more clothe you, O ye of little faith? Therefore take no thought, saying, What shall we eat? or, What shall we drink? or, Wherewithal shall we be clothed? (For after all these things do the Gentiles seek:) for your heavenly Father knoweth that ye have need of all these things."