Daily Thoughts

In the Book of Mormon I read that the righteous who heed the words of the prophets and look forward to the coming of Christ would not be destroyed. Christ would appear to them and minister unto them.  2 Nephi 26:8-9 "But behold, the righteous that hearken unto the words of the prophets, and destroy them not, but look forward unto Christ with steadfastness for the signs which are given, notwithstanding all persecution—behold, they are they which shall not perish.  But the Son of Righteousness shall appear unto them; and he shall heal them, and they shall have peace with him, until three generations shall have passed away, and many of the fourth generation shall have passed away in righteousness."

In the Old Testament we read that Solomon made all the vessels pertaining to the temple out of pure gold.  He used materials that his father David had gathered and dedicated for the building of the House of the Lord.  1 Kings 7:47-51 "And Solomon left all the vessels unweighed, because they were exceeding many: neither was the weight of the brass found out.  And Solomon made all the vessels that pertained unto the house of the Lord: the altar of gold, and the table of gold, whereupon the shewbread was,  And the candlesticks of pure gold, five on the right side, and five on the left, before the oracle, with the flowers, and the lamps, and the tongs of gold,  And the bowls, and the snuffers, and the basins, and the spoons, and the censers of pure gold; and the hinges of gold, both for the doors of the inner house, the most holy place, and for the doors of the house, to wit, of the temple.  So was ended all the work that king Solomon made for the house of the Lord. And Solomon brought in the things which David his father had dedicated; even the silver, and the gold, and the vessels, did he put among the treasures of the house of the Lord."

Some verses with a thought booklet warn us not to judge others because we'll be judged in the same way we do others.  Often we ignore our own faults or don't notice them, but we magnify the faults of others all out of proportion. Only God can truly see into another person's heart and understand why they do what they do.  We don't have all the facts to make a fair judgment.  Ad it does damage o us when we make harsh judgments against other people.   Dallin H. Oaks said, "The primary reason we're commanded to avoid criticism is to preserve our own spiritual well-being, not to protect the person whom we would criticize." Matthew 7:1-5 "Judge not, that ye be not judged.  For with what judgment ye judge, ye shall be judged: and with what measure ye mete, it shall be measured to you again.  And why beholdest thou the mote that is in thy brother's eye, but considerest not the beam that is in thine own eye?  Or how wilt thou say to thy brother, Let me pull out the mote out of thine eye; and, behold, a beam is in thine own eye? Thou hypocrite, first cast out the beam out of thine own eye; and then shalt thou see clearly to cast out the mote out of thy brother's eye."