Daily Thoughts

In the D&C we read that if we're faithful, just, and a wise steward, we'll be able to enter into the joy of the Lord and inherit eternal life. D&C 51:19 "And whoso is found a faithful, a just, and a wise steward shall enter into the joy of his Lord, and shall inherit eternal life."

In the Old Testament we read about the great strength and power of the Lord. He never tires nor becomes weary.  He created the ends of the earth and gives power to those who are faint, increasing their strength.  If we patiently wait upon the Lord, He will renew our strength.  We'll be able to run and not be weary and walk and not faint.  This is an important scripture to remember when we're feeling overwhelmed with the tasks before us.  We might feel like we have so much to do and not enough time to do it in.  But if we'll turn to the Lord, He will help us--either by giving us guidance in prioritizing what really needs to be done or by giving us strength beyond our own to accomplish what we could not do on our own.  We can always turn to Him for help.  Isaiah 40:28-31 "Hast thou not known? hast thou not heard, that the everlasting God, the Lord, the Creator of the ends of the earth, fainteth not, neither is weary? there is no searching of his understanding. He giveth power to the faint; and to them that have no might he increaseth strength. Even the youths shall faint and be weary, and the young men shall utterly fall: But they that wait upon the Lord shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; and they shall walk, and not faint."

In some scriptures from a thought booklet we're admonished to refrain from judging one another.  Often we judge others harshly while we overlook our own faults and shortcomings.  In other words, we're trying to remove a speck from our neighbor's eye while we have a big plank of wood in our own.  Matthew 7:1-5 "Judge not, that ye be not judged. For with what judgment ye judge, ye shall be judged: and with what measure ye mete, it shall be measured to you again. And why beholdest thou the mote that is in thy brother's eye, but considerest not the beam that is in thine own eye? Or how wilt thou say to thy brother, Let me pull out the mote out of thine eye; and, behold, a beam is in thine own eye? 5 Thou hypocrite, first cast out the beam out of thine own eye; and then shalt thou see clearly to cast out the mote out of thy brother's eye."