Daily Thoughts

In the D&C we read that every member of the Church needs to observe and keep all the commandments and covenants of the Church.  D&C 42: 78 "And again, every person who belongeth to this church of Christ, shall observe to keep all the commandments and covenants of the church."

In the Old Testament we read about how the wicked will be punished and the righteous rewarded for their deeds. Their are consequences, good and bad, to everything we do.  Isaiah 3:8-11 "For Jerusalem is ruined, and Judah is fallen: because their tongue and their doings are against the Lord, to provoke the eyes of his glory. The shew of their countenance doth witness against them; and they declare their sin as Sodom, they hide it not. Woe unto their soul! for they have rewarded evil unto themselves. Say ye to the righteous, that it shall be well with him: for they shall eat the fruit of their doings. Woe unto the wicked! it shall be ill with him: for the reward of his hands shall be given him."

A verse from a thought booklet can comfort us in times when we're afraid.  If we will trust in the Lord, we have nothing to fear.   The story is told of a 4 year old little girl who had trouble sleeping at night because she kept thinking there were monsters hiding in her closet.  But then she seemed to calm down and started sleeping better at night.  When her grandmother asked her what had helped her she said she'd memorized a scripture verse they'd told her at church and now she said it to herself every night before she went to bed. Indeed, trusting in the Lord had calmed her fears.  Here is the scripture she memorized, which might be a good one for us all to learn. Psalms 56: 3 "What time I am afraid, I will trust in thee."