MORONI is the man to be like!
I watch the news and
see the state of so much contention amongst people that it just saddens me. I
have long desired to see more people be happy and kind to one another. I wish
that people would just take a few moments and look at what they really want out
of life and where they are headed, is the life you are currently leading going
to get you there?
For a long time I
have thought that the perfect example of what I needed to be like and how I
felt about my country was best described by the following scripture:
Alma 48: 11-13, 17
11 And Moroni was a strong and a mighty man; he was a man of a perfect understanding; yea, a man that did not delight in bloodshed; a man whose soul did joy in the liberty and the freedom of his country, and his brethren from bondage and slavery;
12 Yea, a man whose heart did swell with thanksgiving to his God, for the many privileges and blessings which he bestowed upon his people; a man who did labor exceedingly for the welfare and safety of his people.
13 Yea, and he was a man who was firm in the faith of Christ, and he had sworn with an oath to defend his people, his rights, and his country, and his religion, even to the loss of his blood.
17 Yea, verily, verily I say unto you, if all men had been, and were, and ever would be, like unto Moroni, behold, the very powers of hell would have been shaken forever; yea, the devil would never have power over the hearts of the children of men.
If each of us could
just be like this the world would be such a wonderful place and the country
that I love, The United States of America, would be even more stronger! The
Lord has a perfect plan and from the very beginning has shown us over and over
in the scriptures and by his example what it takes to be like him and I think
this passage just explains it so simply.