Daily Thoughts

In the D&C we read that after much tribulation, come the blessings.  This is a comforting thought to realize when we're going through trying times.  There is a light at the end of the tunnel and there will come a time when our suffering will end.  D&C 103:12 "For after much tribulation, as I have said unto you in a former commandment, cometh the blessing."

In the Old Testament we read that in the last days the temple will be built and Israel will gather to it.  When the Millennial era commences there will be peace and the Lord will reign in Zion.  Micah 4:1-7 "But in the last days it shall come to pass, that the mountain of the house of the Lord shall be established in the top of the mountains, and it shall be exalted above the hills; and people shall flow unto it. And many nations shall come, and say, Come, and let us go up to the mountain of the Lord, and to the house of the God of Jacob; and he will teach us of his ways, and we will walk in his paths: for the law shall go forth of Zion, and the word of the Lord from Jerusalem. And he shall judge among many people, and rebuke strong nations afar off; and they shall beat their swords into plowshares, and their spears into pruninghooks: nation shall not lift up a sword against nation, neither shall they learn war any more. But they shall sit every man under his vine and under his fig tree; and none shall make them afraid: for the mouth of the Lord of hosts hath spoken it.  For all people will walk every one in the name of his god, and we will walk in the name of the Lord our God for ever and ever.  In that day, saith the Lord, will I assemble her that halteth, and I will gather her that is driven out, and her that I have afflicted; And I will make her that halted a remnant, and her that was cast far off a strong nation: and the Lord shall reign over them in mount Zion from henceforth, even for ever."

In some scriptures with a thought booklet I read that the Lord is our salvation and when our souls are full of troubles, even to the point that we feel we are near death, we can pray to Him day and night and He will hear our cries.  Psalms 88:1-3 "O Lord God of my salvation, I have cried day and night before thee:  Let my prayer come before thee: incline thine ear unto my cry;  For my soul is full of troubles: and my life draweth nigh unto the grave."