Daily Thoughts

In the D&C we're told to repay what we owe other people.  And if we can't. we need to go to that person and tell them right away.  D&C 136:25 "If thou borrowest of thy neighbor, thou shalt restore that which thou hast borrowed; and if thou canst not repay then go straightway and tell thy neighbor, lest he condemn thee."

In the New Testament we read that a ruler in the synagogue criticized Jesus for healing people on the Sabbath day, saying that there were six days to be healed and no work should be done on the Sabbath.  Jesus called this man a hypocrite.  He pointed out that they would lead their animals to water on the Sabbath, how much more should a suffering person be healed on the Sabbath.  Luke 13:14-16 "And the ruler of the synagogue answered with indignation, because that Jesus had healed on the sabbath day, and said unto the people, There are six days in which men ought to work: in them therefore come and be healed, and not on the sabbath day.  The Lord then answered him, and said, Thou hypocrite, doth not each one of you on the sabbath loose his ox or his ass from the stall, and lead him away to watering?  And ought not this woman, being a daughter of Abraham, whom Satan hath bound, lo, these eighteen years, be loosed from this bond on the sabbath day?'

Some verses with a thought booklet tell us that remembering  our afflictions and misery will humble us.  But we can know that the Lord is merciful to us and His compassion will not fail.  His mercy and compassion are new every morning and His faithfulness is great.  Lamentations 3:19-23 "Remembering mine affliction and my misery, the wormwood and the gall. My soul hath them still in remembrance, and is humbled in me.  This I recall to my mind, therefore have I hope. It is of the Lord's mercies that we are not consumed, because his compassions fail not. They are new every morning: great is thy faithfulness."