Daily Thoughts

In the Book of Mormon we read that after their dead and wounded had been attended to, they asked what happened to the prisoners who were being transported to Zarahelma. Gid told them that as they were traveling, they were met by the spies of their army who told them that the Lamanites were marching toward the city of Cumeni. The prisoners took courage in these words and rose up in revellion against them. A great number of them had to be slain and the remainder broke free and fled. After this happened, Gid and his men returned to Cumeni to help the Nephites fight the battle.  Alma 57:28-36 "And now it came to pass that after we had thus taken care of our wounded men, and had buried our dead and also the dead of the Lamanites, who were many, behold, we did inquire of Gid concerning the prisoners whom they had started to go down to the land of Zarahemla with.  Now Gid was the chief captain over the band who was appointed to guard them down to the land. And now, these are the words which Gid said unto me: Behold, we did start to go down to the land of Zarahemla with our prisoners. And it came to pass that we did meet the spies of our armies, who had been sent out to watch the camp of the Lamanites.  And they cried unto us, saying—Behold, the armies of the Lamanites are marching towards the city of Cumeni; and behold, they will fall upon them, yea, and will destroy our people.  And it came to pass that our prisoners did hear their cries, which caused them to take courage; and they did rise up in rebellion against us.  And it came to pass because of their rebellion we did cause that our swords should come upon them. And it came to pass that they did in a body run upon our swords, in the which, the greater number of them were slain; and the remainder of them broke through and fled from us.  And behold, when they had fled and we could not overtake them, we took our march with speed towards the city Cumeni; and behold, we did arrive in time that we might assist our brethren in preserving the city.  And behold, we are again delivered out of the hands of our enemies. And blessed is the name of our God; for behold, it is he that has delivered us; yea, that has done this great thing for us.  Now it came to pass that when I, Helaman, had heard these words of Gid, I was filled with exceeding joy because of the goodness of God in preserving us, that we might not all perish; yea, and I trust that the souls of them who have been slain have entered into the rest of their God."

The New Testament tells us that our lives should be free from the love of money and we should be content with what we have.  The Lord will not abandon us.  He is our helper and we don't need to be afraid.  Hebrews 13:5-6 "Let your conversation be without covetousness; and be content with such things as ye have: for he hath said, I will never leave thee, nor forsake thee. So that we may boldly say, The Lord is my helper, and I will not fear what man shall do unto me."

A verse with a thought booklet tells us that God proves His love for us by the fact that Christ died for us even while w were still sinners. Jesus Christ is God's gift to the world, and He didn't wait for us to deserve it before He gave this wonderful gift to us!  Now it is up to us to receive this gift, by coming unto Christ and repenting of our sins.  Romans 5:8 "But God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us."