In the Book of Mormon we read that the people began to mourn and lament due to the losses they had suffered. But they did not sorrow unto repentance, but rather they sorrowed that the Lord would not always suffer them to take happiness in sin. They did not have broken hearts and contrite spirits, but they cursed God and wished to die. But in spite of that they would struggle with their swords for their lives. The day of grace had passed with them, both temporally and spiritually, and they were in open rebellion against God. What a sad and story state for people to be in, especially a people who had once been so righteous and favored of the Lord. Mormon 2:9-15 "And now, the Lamanites had a king, and his name was Aaron; and he came against us with an army of forty and four thousand. And behold, I withstood him with forty and two thousand. And it came to pass that I beat him with my army that he fled before me. And behold, all this was done, and three hundred and thirty years had passed away. And it came to pass that the Nephites began to repent of their iniquity, and began to cry even as had been prophesied by Samuel the prophet; for behold no man could keep that which was his own, for the thieves, and the robbers, and the murderers, and the magic art, and the witchcraft which was in the land. Thus there began to be a mourning and a lamentation in all the land because of these things, and more especially among the people of Nephi. And it came to pass that when I, Mormon, saw their lamentation and their mourning and their sorrow before the Lord, my heart did begin to rejoice within me, knowing the mercies and the long-suffering of the Lord, therefore supposing that he would be merciful unto them that they would again become a righteous people. But behold this my joy was vain, for their sorrowing was not unto repentance, because of the goodness of God; but it was rather the sorrowing of the damned, because the Lord would not always suffer them to take happiness in sin. And they did not come unto Jesus with broken hearts and contrite spirits, but they did curse God, and wish to die. Nevertheless they would struggle with the sword for their lives. And it came to pass that my sorrow did return unto me again, and I saw that the day of grace was passed with them, both temporally and spiritually; for I saw thousands of them hewn down in open rebellion against their God, and heaped up as dung upon the face of the land. And thus three hundred and forty and four years had passed away."
In the Old Testament we read about how Jael, a woman, slew Sisera, the Canaanite while he slept. God subdued Jabin the king of Canaan and the children of Israel prospered and prevailed against him until he was destroyed. Judges 4:21-24 "Then Jael Heber's wife took a nail of the tent, and took an hammer in her hand, and went softly unto him, and smote the nail into his temples, and fastened it into the ground: for he was fast asleep and weary. So he died. And, behold, as Barak pursued Sisera, Jael came out to meet him, and said unto him, Come, and I will shew thee the man whom thou seekest. And when he came into her tent, behold, Sisera lay dead, and the nail was in his temples. So God subdued on that day Jabin the king of Canaan before the children of Israel. And the hand of the children of Israel prospered, and prevailed against Jabin the king of Canaan, until they had destroyed Jabin king of Canaan."
A verse with a thought booklet tells us to let our lights shine before men that they may see our good works and glorify our Father in Heaven. There was a man who enjoyed looking out his back window every day. One day he noticed a bright light, about eye level, quite a distance away. He couldn't figure out what it was and his curiosity got the best of him so he went out to investigate. He discovered a spider web stretching from a tree limb to the ground. One strand of that spider web caught a reflection of the sun, and that was the bright light that had attracted him. He thought how amazing it was that a single strand of a spider web could reflect such a bright light from such a distance. Then he thought about how he himself was very tiny when you looked at all the billions of people in the world, but by reflecting the light of our Savior Jesus Christ by the way he lived his life, he could attract people to the Lord, just as he had been attracted to the light reflected from the spider web. We can pray and ask the Lord to help us live our lives in such a way that others will see His light in us. Matthew 5:16 "Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father which is in heaven."
In the Old Testament we read about how Jael, a woman, slew Sisera, the Canaanite while he slept. God subdued Jabin the king of Canaan and the children of Israel prospered and prevailed against him until he was destroyed. Judges 4:21-24 "Then Jael Heber's wife took a nail of the tent, and took an hammer in her hand, and went softly unto him, and smote the nail into his temples, and fastened it into the ground: for he was fast asleep and weary. So he died. And, behold, as Barak pursued Sisera, Jael came out to meet him, and said unto him, Come, and I will shew thee the man whom thou seekest. And when he came into her tent, behold, Sisera lay dead, and the nail was in his temples. So God subdued on that day Jabin the king of Canaan before the children of Israel. And the hand of the children of Israel prospered, and prevailed against Jabin the king of Canaan, until they had destroyed Jabin king of Canaan."
A verse with a thought booklet tells us to let our lights shine before men that they may see our good works and glorify our Father in Heaven. There was a man who enjoyed looking out his back window every day. One day he noticed a bright light, about eye level, quite a distance away. He couldn't figure out what it was and his curiosity got the best of him so he went out to investigate. He discovered a spider web stretching from a tree limb to the ground. One strand of that spider web caught a reflection of the sun, and that was the bright light that had attracted him. He thought how amazing it was that a single strand of a spider web could reflect such a bright light from such a distance. Then he thought about how he himself was very tiny when you looked at all the billions of people in the world, but by reflecting the light of our Savior Jesus Christ by the way he lived his life, he could attract people to the Lord, just as he had been attracted to the light reflected from the spider web. We can pray and ask the Lord to help us live our lives in such a way that others will see His light in us. Matthew 5:16 "Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father which is in heaven."
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