Friday, June 21, 2013

Alma 50:1

"And now it came to pass that Moroni did not stop making preparations for war..."

Although there were a few years of peace where the Lamanites did not come against the Nephites, Moroni never stopped preparing and fortifying his cities. Today I think of all the ways Satan is fighting against me even when I don't think he is.  There are so many temptations and things that seem good or ok, but they aren't.  I must arm myself each day with a firm faith in what is right and what God wants me to do.  Many people say it's ok to dress immodestly, to support gay marriage, to be vulgar, and many other things.  It is tempting to believe these people and convince myself that these things really are ok.  But I know that many Prophets and church leaders have plainly stated the importance of dressing modestly, of defending marriage as the union between a man and woman, and that purity in thought and language is necessary.  There are many other issues that I feel at war with and, just as Moroni, I need never stop making preparations for war.  I must study, pray, and do what I know to be right in the sight of my Savior.  Nothing else matters that what He thinks of me.

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