"But Ammon stood forth and said unto him: Behold, thou shalt not slay thy son; nevertheless, it were better that he should fall than thee, for behold, he has repented of his sins; but if thou shouldst fall at this time, in thine anger, thy soul could not be saved."
Alma 20:17
This is from a really cool story about Ammon and King Lamoni, and the person that Ammon is talking to here is King Lamoni's father. In this story, King Lamoni's father didn't set out trying to be actively evil. He believed the lies that he was raised on, and thinks that Ammon is one of the bad guys. We know better, because we have a narrator, but he didn't, and so when he finds that his son is talking to, and has been "corrupted" by a Nephite, he's angry. The problem is that he is *so* angry that he is about to kill his own son, until Ammon stops him.
Things work out in the end... don't worry. This verse though warns us of the dangers, both of blindly believing that we are right, and of excessive anger. No matter how cool we think we are, running things by the Lord (who asks us to look unto him in every thought anyway--D&C 6:36) is always the best choice. Hasty and rash choices tend to not be very great ones. And excessive anger can cause us some serious regret.
Today, let's choose to chill out a little bit. Let's listen to others, and especially to God, allowing that we might not always be 100% right about everything. Let's not allow others to enrage us or to control our fears or our actions. And let's work on our tempers, since anger can put our souls in jeopardy.
Alma 20:17
This is from a really cool story about Ammon and King Lamoni, and the person that Ammon is talking to here is King Lamoni's father. In this story, King Lamoni's father didn't set out trying to be actively evil. He believed the lies that he was raised on, and thinks that Ammon is one of the bad guys. We know better, because we have a narrator, but he didn't, and so when he finds that his son is talking to, and has been "corrupted" by a Nephite, he's angry. The problem is that he is *so* angry that he is about to kill his own son, until Ammon stops him.
Things work out in the end... don't worry. This verse though warns us of the dangers, both of blindly believing that we are right, and of excessive anger. No matter how cool we think we are, running things by the Lord (who asks us to look unto him in every thought anyway--D&C 6:36) is always the best choice. Hasty and rash choices tend to not be very great ones. And excessive anger can cause us some serious regret.
Today, let's choose to chill out a little bit. Let's listen to others, and especially to God, allowing that we might not always be 100% right about everything. Let's not allow others to enrage us or to control our fears or our actions. And let's work on our tempers, since anger can put our souls in jeopardy.
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