"And whoso receiveth this record, and shall not condemn it because of the imperfections which are in it, the same shall know of greater things than these. Behold, I am Moroni; and were it possible, I would make all things known unto you."
Mormon 8:12
The writings of Moroni after all his people are destroyed always get to me. I wonder what it would be like to be in a situation like that, with your only connection to your distant relatives being through the people who just murdered your father and all your people, and trying to write to generations yet unborn about your day and how all of this relates to them. I imagine if any of us were writing to the future we would say something similar... "I wish I could tell you everything." :)
We're connected to Moroni, not just through imagining what it would be like to be in his position though, but also because he was writing to us. We're connected across all these generations, listening to his voice as he tries to pass on his wisdom and his knowledge of the Lord to us, to help us in our lives that are so different and distant from him, but which are the hope that he has in the future, and since God remains the same, and can see our day, he knows that what he has to say will have value to us.
Today, let's not take the efforts of so many of our ancestors lightly. Let's read and learn, and seek the Lord's guidance as we study the scriptures, so that we can learn what they have to teach us, what God has to teach us, and the "greater things than these" that God has in store for us if we use and value what we have already been given.
Mormon 8:12
The writings of Moroni after all his people are destroyed always get to me. I wonder what it would be like to be in a situation like that, with your only connection to your distant relatives being through the people who just murdered your father and all your people, and trying to write to generations yet unborn about your day and how all of this relates to them. I imagine if any of us were writing to the future we would say something similar... "I wish I could tell you everything." :)
We're connected to Moroni, not just through imagining what it would be like to be in his position though, but also because he was writing to us. We're connected across all these generations, listening to his voice as he tries to pass on his wisdom and his knowledge of the Lord to us, to help us in our lives that are so different and distant from him, but which are the hope that he has in the future, and since God remains the same, and can see our day, he knows that what he has to say will have value to us.
Today, let's not take the efforts of so many of our ancestors lightly. Let's read and learn, and seek the Lord's guidance as we study the scriptures, so that we can learn what they have to teach us, what God has to teach us, and the "greater things than these" that God has in store for us if we use and value what we have already been given.
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