Daily Thoughts

In the D&C we read the the Lord is pleased with us when we assemble ourselves together to receive the will of the Lord and to pray.  He will send us His Comforter, as He promised, and which will give us eternal life in the celestial kingdom.  D&C 88:1-4 "Verily, thus saith the Lord unto you who have assembled yourselves together to receive his will concerning you: Behold, this is pleasing unto your Lord, and the angels rejoice over you; the alms of your prayers have come up into the ears of the Lord of Sabaoth, and are recorded in the book of the names of the sanctified, even them of the celestial world. Wherefore, I now send upon you another Comforter, even upon you my friends, that it may abide in your hearts, even the Holy Spirit of promise; which other Comforter is the same that I promised unto my disciples, as is recorded in the testimony of John. This Comforter is the promise which I give unto you of eternal life, even the glory of the celestial kingdom;"

In the Old Testament we're told that the Lord keeps His word.  If He speaks it, it will come to pass.  He doesn't go back on what He says.  Ezekiel 24:14 "I the Lord have spoken it: it shall come to pass, and I will do it; I will not go back, neither will I spare, neither will I repent; according to thy ways, and according to thy doings, shall they judge thee, saith the Lord God."

In some verses with a thought booklet we're told to be patient, for the coming of the Lord is near.  Now keep in mind that this was written nearly 2,000 year ago!  But in the time table of the Lord, what's a couple of thousand years?  So when will Jesus come again?  We don't know.  Only Heavenly Father and Jesus know that.  But we're told to be patient and to prepare for His coming.  Are we living our lives so we'll be ready?  Are we waiting patiently?  Or are we like the little child riding in the back seat who asks for the thousandth time, "Are we there yet?" James 5:7-8 "Be patient therefore, brethren, unto the coming of the Lord. Behold, the husbandman waiteth for the precious fruit of the earth, and hath long patience for it, until he receive the early and latter rain. Be ye also patient; stablish your hearts: for the coming of the Lord draweth nigh."