Daily Thoughts

In the D&C we read that we offend God and His wrath is kindled against us when we don't keep His commandments and we don't thank Him and recognize His hand in all things. So if we think that the good things that happen to us are just the result of our own hard work or an accidental coincidence instead of recognizing them as blessings from the Lord, He is not pleased with us!  D&C 59:21 "And in nothing doth man offend God, or against none is his wrath kindled, save those who confess not his hand in all things, and obey not his commandments."

In the Old Testament we read that the people were not at all ashamed of the abominations they had committed.  So because they rejected the law of the Lord and refused to hearken unto His words, He would bring evil upon them. He had set watchmen over them to warn them to repent, but they would not listen nor obey.  Jeremiah 6:15-19 "Were they ashamed when they had committed abomination? nay, they were not at all ashamed, neither could they blush: therefore they shall fall among them that fall: at the time that I visit them they shall be cast down, saith the Lord. Thus saith the Lord, Stand ye in the ways, and see, and ask for the old paths, where is the good way, and walk therein, and ye shall find rest for your souls. But they said, We will not walk therein.  Also I set watchmen over you, saying, Hearken to the sound of the trumpet. But they said, We will not hearken. Therefore hear, ye nations, and know, O congregation, what is among them. Hear, O earth: behold, I will bring evil upon this people, even the fruit of their thoughts, because they have not hearkened unto my words, nor to my law, but rejected it."

A verse with a thought booklet tells us that it's better to be poor than dishonest.  Some people will do anything, even lie or cheat other people, in order to get rich.  But in the end, if we are not right with God, nothing we gain will be of any lasting value.  Proverbs 19:22 "The desire of a man is his kindness: and a poor man is better than a liar."