Today's Favorite Verse: Psalms 79:1-2

Today's Favorite Verse: Psalms 79:1-2

"O God, the heathen are come into thine inheritance; thy holy temple have they defiled; they have laid Jerusalem on heaps.

The dead bodies of thy servants have they given to be meat unto the fowls of the heaven, the flesh of thy saints unto the beasts of the earth"

I read of the destruction of the temple, city and people by the heathens right after reading this in the Book of Mormon.

"And now it came to pass that after the people of Ammon were established in the land of Jershon, and a church also established in the land of Jershon, and the armies of the Nephites were set round about the land of Jershon, yea, in all the borders round about the land of Zarahemla; behold the armies of the Lamanites had followed their brethren into the wilderness.

And thus there was a tremendous battle; yea, even such an one as never had been known among all the people in the land from the time Lehi left Jerusalem; yea, and tens of thousands of the Lamanites were slain and scattered abroad.

Yea, and also there was a tremendous slaughter among the people of Nephi; nevertheless, the Lamanites were driven and scattered, and the people of Nephi returned again to their land."

(Alma 28:1-3)

The thoughts of both made me cry and mourn for them. I don't like to think how it applies to my day, because it's to real that our world is ever darkening. What is the light or hope of these things? The true sorrow is the state of the people when they died. Where were their hearts and how are they greeted by the Lord. Those that are left to mourn can be comforted when they know their loved ones are in the arms of their Savior, Jesus Christ.

"And thus we see the great call of diligence of men to labor in the vineyards of the Lord; and thus we see the great reason of sorrow, and also of rejoicing—sorrow because of death and destruction among men, and joy because of the light of Christ unto life."

(Alma 28:14)

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