Today's Favorite Verse: Lamentations 4:9
"They that be slain with the sword are better than they that be slain with hunger: for these pine away, stricken through for want of the fruits of the field."
This made me think of Nephi, son of Helaman, who was given the sealing power. He prayed for famine instead of the sword.
"O Lord, do not suffer that this people shall be destroyed by the sword; but O Lord, rather let there be a famine in the land, to stir them up in remembrance of the Lord their God, and perhaps they will repent and turn unto thee.
And so it was done, according to the words of Nephi. And there was a great famine upon the land, among all the people of Nephi. And thus in the seventy and fourth year the famine did continue, and the work of destruction did cease by the sword but became sore by famine."
(Helaman 11:4-5)
Maybe the manor of a quick dead is easy by the sword. But, with famine there is time for the soul to think and to repent. As I pondered on this I thought how I wouldn't want my death to be a punishment for sin. It is better to repent daily and strive to do better each day.
Day 2960
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