Daily Thoughts

In the D&C we're told that if we keep all the commandments, the Lord will cause the heavens to shake for our good.  D&C 35:24 "Keep all the commandments and covenants by which ye are bound; and I will cause the heavens to shake for your good, and Satan shall tremble and Zion shall rejoice upon the hills and flourish;"

In the Old Testament we read that if we try to answer someone before we've listened to them and heard them out, we commit folly.  Have you ever found yourself tuning out what another person is saying because you're so busy thinking of what you're going to say back to them?  Sometimes that's easy to do.  But not wise.  It's important to really listen before trying to respond.  Proverbs 18:13 "He that answereth a matter before he heareth it, it is folly and shame unto him."

Going right along with this, some verses with a thought booklet tell us that we need to be slow to speak and quick to listen.  We also need to be slow to anger because human anger does not produce the righteousness that God desires.  James 1:19-20 "Wherefore, my beloved brethren, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath: For the wrath of man worketh not the righteousness of God."