"And it shall come to pass in that day, saith the Lord God, that I will cause the sun to go down at noon, and I will darken the earth in the clear day:
And I will turn your feasts into mourning, and all your songs into lamentation; and I will bring up sackcloth upon all loins, and baldness upon every head; and I will make it as the mourning of an only son, and the end thereof as a bitter day.
Behold, the days come, saith the Lord God, that I will send a famine in the land, not a famine of bread, nor a thirst for water, but of hearing the words of the Lord:"
Amos 8:9-11
The idea here of darkness, mourning, bitterness, and a famine because we are missing the words of the Lord reminds me of the idea of spiritual death, which isn't a dead spirit, because that can't happen, but rather separation from God. ... Similarly dramatic, because God isn't around. And that's basically the same idea. If we don't have the word of the Lord and we don't have his word, then we are starving and dying.
In the beginning of the Book of Mormon, that is why Laban had to die as well... because without the word of the Lord, Lehi's descendants would suffer because of that loss.
Today, maybe we should ponder how much we truly need God and remember the times in our lives when we felt distance from him, and how much harder that is than living with his guidance and help. Let's turn to God, and read his word and reach out to him in prayer so that we don't have to starve or die without that essential core of hope and happiness in our lives. Let's rely on the Lord for help and advice and not waste or ignore our chance to connect with him... the source of life and truth and love, and everything good.
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