Today's Favorite Verse: Alma 25:1-2

Today's Favorite Verse: Alma 25:1-2

"And behold, now it came to pass that those Lamanites were more angry because they had slain their brethren; therefore they swore vengeance upon the Nephites; and they did no more attempt to slay the people of Anti-Nephi-Lehi at that time.

But they took their armies and went over into the borders of the land of Zarahemla, and fell upon the people who were in the land of Ammonihah and destroyed them."

Now I see how the story of Alma and Amulek and the sons of Mosiah, which include Ammon and Aaron converge. The people of Ammonihah were so hard hearted that not only did they reject the gospel when taught to them from Alma, that they burned the women and children that believe in God. Alma was calling them to repentance or their city would be destroyed. It was two years later when this event of the Lamanites falling upon them unaware happened, wiping them out in a matter of hours.

What I pondered on is the rage these people were feeling. The Lamanites had just started to slay the people of Anti-Nephi-Lehi and found no resistance. Some Lamanites heart were softened and they laid down their weapons and converted. Some Lamanites did not convert, most of them were descendants of the wicked priest of Noah. Instead of realizing the slaughter of their brethren the Lamanites were due to their own actions they blame it on the Nephites for converting them. Yet, the people they destroy rejected God themselves. What a horrible mess when we don't acknowledge our own responsibility in events that take place. Pointing blame at someone else only leaves more destruction. What wickedness consumes a heart that is unrepentant. The wicked truly do destroy the wicked.

Day 299 Tami Fitzgerald Harris