{"id":821,"date":"2020-07-17T03:09:13","date_gmt":"2020-07-17T03:09:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dailywool.net\/wp\/?p=821"},"modified":"2020-07-18T03:10:43","modified_gmt":"2020-07-18T03:10:43","slug":"think-ahead","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dailywool.net\/wp\/think-ahead\/","title":{"rendered":"Think Ahead"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Most of us want to live pure lives and contribute, yet we still falter occasionally. Perhaps it helps to reflect on Solomon\u2019s observation that as a man \u201cthinketh in his heart, so is he.\u201d<a href=\"https:\/\/www.churchofjesuschrist.org\/#note6\"><sup>6<\/sup><\/a> It is my privilege to know many who have focused their thoughts on the wholesome and the pure things of life. They ponder on the scriptures, and they strive to magnify callings given to them. The gospel becomes a way of life, and over time they evidence peace and tranquility in themselves and bless greatly those around them. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">We may not appreciate the capacity of our minds to absorb and remember if we think it doesn\u2019t matter what books or movies or other activities are fed into it. The Lord wisely told us to seek first for the kingdom of God and then other desirable things will also come to us. \u2013 <em>Earl M. Monson, \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.churchofjesuschrist.org\/study\/general-conference\/1998\/10\/establishing-the-church?lang=eng\">Establishing the Church<\/a>,\u201d Ensign (CR) November 1998<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Most of us want to live pure lives and contribute, yet we still falter occasionally. Perhaps it helps to reflect on Solomon\u2019s observation that as a man \u201cthinketh in his heart, so is he.\u201d6 It is my privilege to know many who have focused their thoughts on the wholesome and the pure things of life. [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[279],"class_list":["post-821","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-wool-quote","tag-thoughts"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailywool.net\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/821","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailywool.net\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailywool.net\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailywool.net\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailywool.net\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=821"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/dailywool.net\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/821\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":822,"href":"https:\/\/dailywool.net\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/821\/revisions\/822"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailywool.net\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=821"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailywool.net\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=821"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailywool.net\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=821"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}