Today, I spent some time looking at the passages in the Book of Mormon that talk about guilt. Here is what I learned: There is a human tendency to suppress feelings of guilt. We know intuitively when we have done something wrong, but because feelings of guilt are unpleasant, we often ignore or deny them... Continue Reading →
What Does It Mean to Be “Easy to Be Entreated?”
After calling the people of Zarahemla to repentance, the prophet Alma traveled to the city of Gideon. He was pleased to find that the people of Gideon had humbled themselves and that they were not in "the state of dilemma" that the people of Zarahemla had been in. "I perceive that ye are in the... Continue Reading →
Why Will Ye Die? – Helaman 7:17-18
17 O repent ye, repent ye! Why will ye die? Turn ye, turn ye unto the Lord your God. Why has he forsaken you? 18 It is because you have hardened your hearts; yea, ye will not hearken unto the voice of the good shepherd; yea, ye have provoked him to anger against you. (Helaman... Continue Reading →
They Did Reject All His Words – Helaman 7:1-3
1 Behold, now it came to pass in the sixty and ninth year of the reign of the judges over the people of the Nephites, that Nephi, the son of Helaman, returned to the land of Zarahemla from the land northward. 2 For he had been forth among the people who were in the land... Continue Reading →
How Could You Have Forgotten? – Helaman 7:20-22
20 O, how could you have forgotten your God in the very day that he has delivered you? 21 But behold, it is to get gain, to be praised of men, yea, and that ye might get gold and silver. And ye have set your hearts upon the riches and the vain things of this... Continue Reading →
In the Very Day – Helaman 7:20
20 O, how could you have forgotten your God in the very day that he has delivered you?(Helaman 7:20)We have short memories. We have to discipline ourselves in order to maintain our focus over time and avoid distractions. As a result, we can easily be guilty of ingratitude, simply because the intense emotion we feel... Continue Reading →
Because of Your Exceedingly Great Riches – Helaman 7:26
26 Yea, wo shall come unto you because of that pride which ye have suffered to enter your hearts, which has lifted you up beyond that which is good because of your exceedingly great riches!(Helaman 7:26)The circumstances of life can create illusions about our capabilities. We must be careful not to buy into those illusions... Continue Reading →
Helaman 7:7-9 I Am Consigned That These are My Days
7 Oh, that I could have had my days in the days when my father Nephi first came out of the land of Jerusalem, that I could have joyed with him in the promised land; then were his people easy to be entreated, firm to keep the commandments of God, and slow to be led... Continue Reading →