I wrote yesterday about the difference between complaining and raising issues. I shared Helaman's letter to Captain Moroni as a good example of raising in important issue without complaining. One of my readers responded with another good example: a subsequent letter from Captain Moroni to the Pahoran, the chief judge, requesting more troops be sent.... Continue Reading →
How Should We Respond When Others Threaten or Attack Us?
As I wrote yesterday, we need to forgive others in order to be forgiven by God. That's because an unforgiving heart is unable to receive God's healing power. But what should we do when we, or the people we are responsible for, are in danger? How can we protect and defend ourselves and them without... Continue Reading →
What Does It Mean to “Succor” Someone?
succour - to help someone, especially someone who is suffering or in need (Cambridge English Dictionary) succor - Literally, to run to, or run to support; hence, to help or relieve when in difficulty, want or distress; to assist and deliver from suffering; as, to succor a besieged city; to succor prisoners (Webster's Dictionary, 1828... Continue Reading →
Ye Ought to Have Stirred Yourselves More Diligently – Alma 60:8-10
8 Yea, even they who have looked up to you for protection, yea, have placed you in a situation that ye might have succored them, yea, ye might have sent armies unto them, to have strengthened them, and have saved thousands of them from falling by the sword. 9 But behold, this is not all—ye... Continue Reading →
It Is My God Whom I Fear – Alma 60:28
28 Yea, behold I do not fear your power nor your authority, but it is my God whom I fear; and it is according to his commandments that I do take my sword to defend the cause of my country, and it is because of your iniquity that we have suffered so much loss.(Alma 60:28)Whom... Continue Reading →
I, Moroni, Am Constrained, According to the Covenant Which I Have Made – Alma 60:34
34 And now behold, I, Moroni, am constrained, according to the covenant which I have made to keep the commandments of my God; therefore I would that ye should adhere to the word of God, and send speedily unto me of your provisions and of your men, and also to Helaman.(Alma 60:34)We all love freedom.... Continue Reading →