Mormon 3

(June 12, 2014)
The contrast in this chapter is striking between the mindset of the Nephites and the mindset of Mormon.  The Nephites sought out blood, vengeance, and destruction against their enemies the Lamanites.  Mormon, on the other hand, though he had seen the same events, wished that every person upon the Earth would repent.  Sometimes we forget, in our struggles to move forward the work of the Lord, that we are really just being blessed to handle minor stewardships given out by Him.  We are, to put it symbolically, ‘emptying the dishwasher’ in the Plan of Salvation.  Like little children in the home, we have each been given our chores.  And regardless of which chore we are given, and how significant we believe that it is, our Father loves us and our siblings far more than the chore.  That doesn’t mean that we don’t do what He has asked us to do, and to do it to the best of our ability.  It does mean, however, that we don’t claim superiority or hope for the destruction of those who don’t get in line.  We just hope for them – we hope they come back.