763. Here are some inspiring scriptures and quotes to lift your day!

Our grandson Sam Lieske, is an artist, studying to become an architect at the University of Utah.  He drew this picture above from an original by Del Parson, called "The Lost Lamb", while on his mission in California.

Charitable Giving

SCRIPTURE OF THE DAY  Doctrine & Covenants 104:17 "For the earth is full, and there is enough and to spare; yea, I prepared all things, and have given unto the children of men to be agents unto themselves."

QUOTE OF THE DAY George Albert Smith "I am sure the Lord loves those humble, faithful souls who are willing to reach out and touch those who are in need whether it be with food or clothing or bedding or kindness because that is a part of the gospel of Jesus Christ" (Teachings of Presidents of the Church: George Albert Smith, p. 219).

December 14 Caring for Others

SCRIPTURE OF THE DAY  1 John 3:17-18 "But whoso hath this world's good, and seeth his brother have need, and shutteth up his bowels of compassion from him, how dwelleth the love of God in him?  My little children, let us not love in word, neither in tongue; but in deed and in truth."

QUOTE OF THE DAY John Taylor "I have seen some people who would get down upon their knees and pray most heartily for God to feed the poor and clothe the naked. Now, I would never ask the Lord to do a thing that I would not do. If we have them among us, suppose we go at it and relieve them. . . . And if people sustain misfortune of any kind, look after them and bestow upon them those things necessary for their welfare and happiness. And God will bless us in so doing" (Teachings of Presidents of the Church: John Taylor, p. 24). Lost Battalions SCRIPTURE OF THE DAY  Matthew 25:40 "And the King shall answer and say unto them, Verily I say unto you, Inasmuch as ye have done it unto one of the least of these my brethren, ye have done it unto me." QUOTE OF THE DAY Thomas S. Monson "Consider the 'lost battalions' of the aged, the widowed, the sick. All too often they are found in the parched and desolate wilderness of isolation called loneliness. When youth departs, when health declines, when vigor wanes, when the light of hope flickers ever so dimly, the members of these vast "lost battalions" can be succored and sustained by the hand that helps and the heart that knows compassion" ("Lost Battalions," Ensign, June 1971). DAILY DEVOTIONAL December 9 True Religion SCRIPTURE OF THE DAY  James 1:27 "Pure religion and undefiled before God and the Father is this, To visit the fatherless and widows in their affliction, and to keep himself unspotted from the world." QUOTE OF THE DAY Howard W. Hunter "In short, James tells us that true religion is a devotion to God, demonstrated  by love and compassion for fellowmen, coupled with unworldliness. Such a statement seems too simple to be sufficient, but in its simplicity it speaks an important truth. Restated it may be said that true religion consists not only in refraining from evil (that is, remaining unspotted), but in deliberately and purposefully doing acts of kindness and service to others" ("True Religion," Ensign, November 1978).