Daily Thoughts

In the Book of Mormon we read that the stars of heaven will not give their light and the sun will be darkened. The world will be punished for their iniquity. The proud will be humbled. The earth will be shaken and removed out of her place. Children will be dashed to pieces before the eyes of their parents. Babylon will be overthrown, as was Sodom and Gommorrah. The wicked will perish.  2 Nephi 23: 10-22 "For the stars of heaven and the constellations thereof shall not give their light; the sun shall be darkened in his going forth, and the moon shall not cause her light to shine.  And I will punish the world for evil, and the wicked for their iniquity; I will cause the arrogancy of the proud to cease, and will lay down the haughtiness of the terrible. I will make a man more precious than fine gold; even a man than the golden wedge of Ophir. Therefore, I will shake the heavens, and the earth shall remove out of her place, in the wrath of the Lord of Hosts, and in the day of his fierce anger.  And it shall be as the chased roe, and as a sheep that no man taketh up; and they shall every man turn to his own people, and flee every one into his own land. Every one that is proud shall be thrust through; yea, and every one that is joined to the wicked shall fall by the sword. Their children also shall be dashed to pieces before their eyes; their houses shall be spoiled and their wives ravished.  Behold, I will stir up the Medes against them, which shall not regard silver and gold, nor shall they delight in it.  Their bows shall also dash the young men to pieces; and they shall have no pity on the fruit of the womb; their eyes shall not spare children.  And Babylon, the glory of kingdoms, the beauty of the Chaldees' excellency, shall be as when God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah. It shall never be inhabited, neither shall it be dwelt in from generation to generation: neither shall the Arabian pitch tent there; neither shall the shepherds make their fold there. But wild beasts of the desert shall lie there; and their houses shall be full of doleful creatures; and owls shall dwell there, and satyrs shall dance there.  And the wild beasts of the islands shall cry in their desolate houses, and dragons in their pleasant palaces; and her time is near to come, and her day shall not be prolonged. For I will destroy her speedily; yea, for I will be merciful unto my people, but the wicked shall perish."

In the Old Testament we read that God is great and there is no other god like Him.  2 Samuel 7:22 "Wherefore thou art great, O Lord God: for there is none like thee, neither is there any God beside thee, according to all that we have heard with our ears."

A verse with a thought booklet tells us that if we're merciful to others, we will be blessed and we will receive mercy from God. Do we view others with love, compassion and understanding or are we quick to judge?  When we see others in the grocery store, what are our thoughts?  Are we loving, kind, and concerned or do we think things like "Why would anybody buy that much junk food?"  "I wonder when he last took a bath." "Why doesn't she put some more clothes on to go out in public?"  "Why would anybody want all those tattoos and body piercings?" "She must be a terrible mother to let her kids run around like that."  If we're quick to judge others and condemn them, our hearts are not right before God. When we can look upon others as our brothers and sisters and feel love and compassion toward them, seeing them the way God sees them, only then are we on the right path.  Matthew 5:7 "Blessed are the merciful: for they shall obtain mercy."