"Yea, and are willing to mourn with those that mourn; yea, and comfort those that stand in need of comfort, and to stand as witnesses of God at all times and in all things, and in all places that ye may be in, even until death, that ye may be redeemed of God, and be numbered with those of the first resurrection, that ye may have eternal life."
Mosiah 18:9
This is part of a list that Alma was asking the people about basically as qualification for baptism. There is a lot of great stuff here and in the surrounding verses, but the specific thing that I liked today is the "mourn with those that mourn" idea... basically the idea of feeling empathy and having compassion for our fellow beings. I really like that. I think we think of baptism a lot as a way for us to be clean... or about other benefits of a committment to God, but I love that Alma is basically asking them "If you love people and care about them, join up with God... that's what he is all about." :)
Today, let's join with God because we are willing to love each other... and also for all of the other reasons. Let's also learn more about God so that we can love him better, and stand as his witnesses.
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