"It is beautiful how God has done everything at the right time. He has put a sense of eternity in people's minds. Yet, mortals still can't grasp what God is doing from the beginning to the end [of time]."
- Ecclesiastes 3:11 (GOD'S WORD® Translation)
When I see the works of Creation, I am reminded of a Heavenly Father who sees all eternity before Him and uses that knowledge to bless me. I trust Him.
Image: NASA, ESA, STScI, William Blair (JHU); Image Processing: Joseph DePasquale (STScI)
The thing that hath been,
it is that which shall be;
and that which is done
is that which shall be done:
and there is no new thing under the sun.
- Ecclesiastes 1:9
I love this verse.
The New Living Translation says it this way: "History merely repeats itself. It has all been done before. Nothing under the sun is truly new."
As I pondered this, a couple of thoughts came to mind:
1. This is why we are encouraged in the Book of Mormon to remember the captivity of our fathers. Just as our fathers needed Jesus Christ to deliver them, so do we today find ourselves in spiritual and sometimes physical bondage, but Jesus can deliver us too.
2. We can look back to our pre-earth life for insight and wisdom that guides us today. What we experience here is a pattern of what was experienced before. We see that our great heavenly family is a pattern of our families on earth. There is always a fight between good and evil. We can always count on the Savior to be true to His promises, and we can also assume that Satan will promise the world and then break those promises once we are captive to him.
And in the U.S., it seems appropriate that I read these verses today, on the 25th anniversary of 9/11.
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The anonymity of social media invites anger, outrage, judgment, and unkindness. Beware these. They are tools of the Adversary.
"Make no friendship with an angry man; and with a furious man thou shalt not go: Lest thou learn his ways, and get a snare to thy soul."
- Proverbs 22:24-25
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If I have learned anything in life, it's that treating others with kindness improves my own attitude and raises everyone.
"Pleasant words are as an honeycomb, sweet to the soul, and health to the bones."
- Proverbs 16:24
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From this week's Come, Follow Me reading... If we gather and speak of Christ, He will walk with us.
And it came to pass, that, while they communed together and reasoned, Jesus himself drew near, and went with them.
Luke 24:15
