Today's Favorite Verse: Deuteronomy 6:5, 7

Today's Favorite Verse: Deuteronomy 6:5, 7
"And thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thine heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy might.
And thou shalt teach them diligently unto thy children, and shalt talk of them when thou sittest in thine house, and when thou walkest by the way, and when thou liest down, and when thou risest up.

I pondered on how close God would be to your heart if he is the first thing you think about to share with others. Any situation makes a connection to how this relates to God. How God has blessed us in this or that. What would God have us do? Relating experiences and stories to my children shows my love of God, and that he is forever in my thought. We are really mindful of him when we openly express our feelings about him. He is really, real to us. When I die I want my children to have no doubt about how I felt about my Heavenly Father and my Savior, Jesus Christ. When they sit in their house or walk along the way I want them to remember being there with me, and the conversations we had about God. I think that is the best gift I could ever leave them. A gift that money could never buy.


Day 734

Today's Favorite Verse: Deuteronomy 5:9

Today's Favorite Verse: Deuteronomy 5:9
"Thou shalt not bow down thyself unto them, nor serve them: for I the Lord thy God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation of them that hate me,"

I pondered on how the sins of the fathers can effect the third and fourth generation. It first made me appreciate being "born of goodly parents", and being taught to love the gospel. How many generations have my good parents blessed. Then even with the good teachings I had, a child can chose for themselves to hate God and turn away. It made me think of this verse.

"If thou doest well, thou shalt be accepted. And if thou doest not well, sin lieth at the door, and Satan desireth to have thee; and except thou shalt hearken unto my commandments, I will deliver thee up, and it shall be unto thee according to his desire. And thou shalt rule over him;"  (Moses 5:23)

Once a parent turns against God the following generations are not taught to walk in the light of Christ, instead they are taught to hate him. They follow darkened paths, which continue on in their children. Yes, the sins of the fathers can be passed onto the following generations. How grateful I am that the cycle can also be broken. The greater condemnation will be upon the heads of the parents that took those generations astray. The final judgment on the matter will be the Lord's.


Day 733

Today's Favorite Verse: Deuteronomy 4:9, 29

Today's Favorite Verse: Deuteronomy 4:9, 29
Only take heed to thyself, and keep thy soul diligently, lest thou forget the things which thine eyes have seen, and lest they depart from thy heart all the days of thy life: but teach them thy sons, and thy sons' sons;
But if from thence thou shalt seek the Lord thy God, thou shalt find him, if thou seek him with all thy heart and with all thy soul."

I love both these verses and couldn't pick just one. I know that if anyone seeks the Lord, he will find him. This is something the honest in heart are not denied. Then just as easy if I forget the Lord, it can all slip away. I must put the words of Christ forever before my eyes. I must remain diligent. This is something I never want to loose. My testimony of Christ is my most treasured possession. One way it remains with me is sharing it with others. I love family scripture readings, and being able to discuss the words of Christ together. I learn so much, I hope I have passed along much to my family.


Day 732

Today's Favorite Verse: Deuteronomy 3:26

Today's Favorite Verse: Deuteronomy 3:26
"But the Lord was wroth with me for your sakes, and would not hear me: and the Lord said unto me, Let it suffice thee; speak no more unto me of this matter."

It was that last part of the verse "the Lord said unto me, Let it suffice thee; speak no more unto me of this matter." that struck me. I just finished having family scripture reading and in it my son related an experience he just had, where he was basically told this same thing. He was in an OCD frame of mind that was cycling through thoughts that were depressing and he didn't want them. So he prayed about it, explaining everything to Heavenly Father. Then he got an answer to not let it trouble him any more. Which he then began to over think that answer. Did it mean there were even greater things to worry about.? So he began to pray about that. Then the answer came, like this scripture, to let what he had been told to suffice and simply to let it go. Then several minutes after this he realized the matter was actually gone from him. He just needed to not keep focusing on it and let the Lord carry it for him. At the time the thought came to me what an amazing cure that not even medicine or counseling can fix. The great healer is obeying God's word and leaving the matter into his hands. We need to let it suffice what he has told us, and let him carry the rest.


Day 731