12/19/2017 - Section 69:1-8
December 19, 20107 Section 69:1-8 Lord’s Watchful Care, Prayers Answered, Journal, The Book of Commandments (the original name of the D&C) has been compiled by Joseph, and in verse 1, Oliver Cowdery is appointed to take the manuscript to Independence, Missouri for printing. But the Lord says that he should be accompanied by someone “who will be true and faithful”. In the very next verse, that someone is identified as John Whitmer. They were to be traveling to the far west where settlers were beginning to settle, and where outlaws were congregating due to the reduced law enforcement there. I love it that the Lord was careful to suggest the things that would help to protect Oliver, the manuscript, and the funds of the church that he would be carrying. My answers to prayer do not come in the form of scriptures written to me, but I do have thoughts that will suddenly come to my mind during my prayers, or in quiet times after my prayers. I need to treat those ...