"And their hearts were swollen with joy, unto the gushing out of many tears, because of the great goodness of God in delivering them out of the hands of their enemies; and they knew it was because of their repentance and their humility that they had been delivered from an everlasting destruction."
3 Nephi 4:33
This was part of the aftermath of the Nephites overcoming the Gadianton Robbers, which if you don't know the story, was pretty amazing. So interesting how a small group could grow up to be able to threaten an entire nation, and the reason they were overcome is that they didn't have anyone to prey upon anymore, so they started to run out of the essentials.
What I really liked was the attribution of the miracle to repentance and humility. I think sometimes that is the only way to get outside ourselves and our own worries and self-interest, so that we can cooperate and work together to combat evil, with God's help.
Today, let's recognize when problems get bigger than we can handle alone, and let's repent and humble ourselves, working with others but especially with God to find a solution. These people uprooted their lives to gather together because it was the only way to survive. Our challenges will be different, and the solution won't look exactly the same, but the solutions to our problems and the problems in our world can be solved similarly, through unity and faith.
3 Nephi 4:33
This was part of the aftermath of the Nephites overcoming the Gadianton Robbers, which if you don't know the story, was pretty amazing. So interesting how a small group could grow up to be able to threaten an entire nation, and the reason they were overcome is that they didn't have anyone to prey upon anymore, so they started to run out of the essentials.
What I really liked was the attribution of the miracle to repentance and humility. I think sometimes that is the only way to get outside ourselves and our own worries and self-interest, so that we can cooperate and work together to combat evil, with God's help.
Today, let's recognize when problems get bigger than we can handle alone, and let's repent and humble ourselves, working with others but especially with God to find a solution. These people uprooted their lives to gather together because it was the only way to survive. Our challenges will be different, and the solution won't look exactly the same, but the solutions to our problems and the problems in our world can be solved similarly, through unity and faith.
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