Today's Favorite Verse: Alma 28:8-9

Today's Favorite Verse: Alma 28:8-9

"And this is the account of Ammon and his brethren, their journeyings in the land of Nephi, their sufferings in the land, their sorrows, and their afflictions, and their incomprehensible joy, and the reception of safety of the brethren in the land of Jershon. And now may the Lord, the Redeemer of all men, bless their souls forever.

And this is the account of the wars and contentions among the Nephites, and also the wars between the Nephites and the Lamanites; and the fifteenth year of the reign of the judges is ended."

No sooner are the people of Ammon safe in the land of Jershon then the Lamanites come upon the Nephites. They had followed their brethren in the wilderness and came upon those that protected them. Tens of thousands of people were slain. It just grieves my heart. Why do good people have to die? Why do they have to suffer so? It is because God can not take away the free agency of man even if their desire to destroy. All he can promise is to take those a live in Christ into his bosom. I truly mourn for all these good people and those that lost a loved one, even though it was 2091 years ago. The Book of Mormon will be heading into the war chapters. Many are being called to the Lord and others are turning away. All of this prepares them for the coming of the Lord. What they experience prepares the generations that follow.

Day 302 Tami Fitzgerald Harris