Daily Thoughts

In the D&C we read that those who keep their covenants and observe the commandments will be blessed and shall obtain mercy.  D&C 54: 6 "But blessed are they who have kept the covenant and observed the commandment, for they shall obtain mercy." 

In the Old Testament we read the Lord lamenting about the wickedness of His children and their unwillingness to hearken unto His words.  If only they would obey Him, they would be blessed and guided and find peace in their lives.  But alas, there is no peace unto the wicked.  Isaiah 48:17-22 "Thus saith the Lord, thy Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel; I am the Lord thy God which teacheth thee to profit, which leadeth thee by the way that thou shouldest go. O that thou hadst hearkened to my commandments! then had thy peace been as a river, and thy righteousness as the waves of the sea: Thy seed also had been as the sand, and the offspring of thy bowels like the gravel thereof; his name should not have been cut off nor destroyed from before me. Go ye forth of Babylon, flee ye from the Chaldeans, with a voice of singing declare ye, tell this, utter it even to the end of the earth; say ye, The Lord hath redeemed his servant Jacob. And they thirsted not when he led them through the deserts: he caused the waters to flow out of the rock for them: he clave the rock also, and the waters gushed out. There is no peace, saith the Lord, unto the wicked."

In some scriptures with a thought booklet, David asks the question of who will dwell in the Lord's holy hill. The answer is:  the righteous, the honest, and those with integrity.  Is this the kind of person we are?  Psalms 15:1-5 " Lord, who shall abide in thy tabernacle? who shall dwell in thy holy hill? He that walketh uprightly, and worketh righteousness, and speaketh the truth in his heart. He that backbiteth not with his tongue, nor doeth evil to his neighbour, nor taketh up a reproach against his neighbour.  In whose eyes a vile person is contemned; but he honoureth them that fear the Lord. He that sweareth to his own hurt, and changeth not.  He that putteth not out his money to usury, nor taketh reward against the innocent. He that doeth these things shall never be moved."