"And the words which he shall write shall be the words which are expedient in my wisdom should go forth unto the fruit of thy loins. And it shall be as if the fruit of thy loins had cried unto them from the dust; for I know their faith.
And they shall cry from the dust; yea, even repentance unto their brethren, even after many generations have gone by them. And it shall come to pass that their cry shall go, even according to the simpleness of their words.
Because of their faith their words shall proceed forth out of my mouth unto their brethren who are the fruit of thy loins; and the weakness of their words will I make strong in their faith, unto the remembering of my covenant which I made unto thy fathers."
2 Nephi 3:19-21
I love the image here of voices out of the dust, crying to us and trying to help us. Kind of the idea of our ancestors alive and calling to us, trying to warn us to avoid thier mistakes... and really, that's all of history isn't it? Especially the scriptures. I think it takes a lot of humility and faith to recognize it though, because we have such a tendency to think that we are above all that... better than the people in the past, and that we are beyond such petty things. :)
Today, let's listen to the voices from the dust, and listen to God, who arranged it so that we could hear and be affected by those voices for a reason. Let's work to avoid the mistakes of the past, not because we are better, but because we are well-warned by multitudes of people who loved us, and looked to the future in hope that we could do better, with their help.
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