#270: Mayday Monday - Lamentations

A book that profiles the historical lamentations of men who witnessed the recycling tendency to corruption in mankind and were unafraid to speak the truth as watchmen on the wall.

“The prophet was an individual who said No to his society, condemning its habits and assumptions, its complacency, waywardness, and syncretism. He was often compelled to proclaim the very opposite of what his heart expected. His fundamental objective was to reconcile man and God. Why do the two need reconciliation? Perhaps it is due to man’s false sense of sovereignty, to his abuse of freedom, to his aggressive, sprawling pride, resenting God’s involvement in history” (p. xxix).*

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*Heschel, Abraham Joshua. The Prophets. (1962) HarperCollins. Kindle Edition.

#235: Light and Dark

Self-reflection: Do I have a light that shines in darkness?

5 And the light shineth in darkness; and the darkness comprehended it not.*

19 And this is the condemnation, that light is come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil.
20 For every one that doeth evil hateth the light, neither cometh to the light, lest his deeds should be reproved.
21 But he that doeth truth cometh to the light, that his deeds may be made manifest, that they are wrought in God.**

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*New Testament | John 1:5
**New Testament | John 3:19-21

#107: Subjecting Themselves to the Devil

Self-Reflection: How have I been beguiled in my life?

3 For they are carnal and devilish, and the devil has power over them; yea, even that old serpent that did beguile our first parents, which was the cause of their fall; which was the cause of all mankind becoming carnal, sensual, devilish, knowing evil from good, subjecting themselves to the devil.
4 Thus all mankind were lost; and behold, they would have been endlessly lost were it not that God redeemed his people from their lost and fallen state.
5 But remember that he that persists in his own carnal nature, and goes on in the ways of sin and rebellion against God, remaineth in his fallen state and the devil hath all power over him. Therefore, he is as though there was no redemption made, being an enemy to God; and also is the devil an enemy to God.*

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*Book of Mormon | Mosiah 16:3-5

# 032: Light or Darkness?

Self-reflection: What is the evidence in my life that I love light more than darkness?

19 And this is the condemnation, that light is come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil.
20 For every one that doeth evil hateth the light, neither cometh to the light, lest his deeds should be reproved.
21 But he that doeth truth cometh to the light, that his deeds may be made manifest, that they are wrought in God.

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New Testament | John 3:19-21

#021: Let Us Walk in the Light ...

Self Reflection: What is the source of light I have chosen?

5 O house of [your name], come ye, and let us walk in the light of the LORD.*

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*Old Testament | Isaiah 2:5