Daily Thoughts

In the D&C we read that no unclean thing should be permitted to come into the Lord's house to pollute it.  And when the people transgress, they should speedily repent and return unto the Lord so He can pour out His blessings to them and they will again be able to reverence Him in His house.  D&C 109:20-21 "And that no unclean thing shall be permitted to come into thy house to pollute it; And when thy people transgress, any of them, they may speedily repent and return unto thee, and find favor in thy sight, and be restored to the blessings which thou hast ordained to be poured out upon those who shall reverence thee in thy house."

In the Old Testament we read that the day will come when the proud and wicked will be burned as stubble and be left with neither root nor branch.  But to those who reverence the Lord, He will come with healing in His wings. Malachi 4:1-2 "For, behold, the day cometh, that shall burn as an oven; and all the proud, yea, and all that do wickedly, shall be stubble: and the day that cometh shall burn them up, saith the Lord of hosts, that it shall leave them neither root nor branch. But unto you that fear my name shall the Sun of righteousness arise with healing in his wings; and ye shall go forth, and grow up as calves of the stall."

A verse with a thought booklet tells us that we can call upon God who will answer us and teach us great and mighty things that we did not know.  The story is told of a mother who came home from running errands and told her 4 year old daughter that she needed to check the answering machine.  The little girl became exciting to hear about this "answering" machine and wanted to know if you could ask it any question and it would tell you the answers.  The mother explained the true purpose of the answering machine but also told her daughter that the ultimate answering machine is the Lord and that we can indeed pray to Him for answers to our perplexing questions.  Indeed, in anything we lack wisdom in, we can call upon the Lord in prayer, and He will answer us.  Jeremiah 33:3 "Call unto me, and I will answer thee, and shew thee great and mighty things, which thou knowest not."