Today I write my 1000th Christian Daily Thought. I can’t begin to describe how deeply grateful I am for the infinite goodness and grace of my Heavenly Father and my Savior Jesus Christ and the Holy Ghost. “I do not boast in my own strength, nor in my own wisdom; but behold, my joy is full, yea, my heart is brim with joy, and I will rejoice in my God. Yea, I know that I am nothing; as to my strength I am weak; therefore I will not boast of myself, but I will boast of my God, for in his strength I can do all things;” (Alma 26:11-12). Over the last 1000 days God has opened up a few of His mysteries to me. I understand the Gospel and the Scriptures and God’s plan for each of us and life in general and myself in particular in ways that I couldn’t have imagined two and a half years ago. I stand all amazed that day after day God has continued to shine His light upon me and through me, lost and confused and broken as I am. I know that I am nothing and that as to my own strength I am weak, but I will boast of my God, for in his strength I can do all things. I have looked for and found the truth in Scriptures and Conference talks, fantasy novels and Science Fiction movies and television shows about soccer, in bronze serpents and hermit crabs, in dandelion seeds and pearls of great price, in telescopes and oil presses. I’ve dug down into the roots of words, spliced commas up and down a sentence to look at it from different angles, and tried to listen with all my might to the music of the song of redeeming love. Everywhere I look, I have found the Lord waiting for me, and no matter where I’ve gone, the Lord has found me there. I could not have written one of these thoughts, much less a thousand, without divine intervention. I am humbled daily by the wisdom that God shows me, and I can’t wait to discover and to share with all of you the truths that the Lord has in store for me over the next 1000 days. I keep waiting for the light to dim or go out one day, but it never has. “That which is of God is light; and he that receiveth light, and continueth in God, receiveth more light; and that light groweth brighter and brighter until the perfect day.” (D&C 50:24). Let us all continue in God and receive more light, until the perfect day.
