(May 26, 2015)
As I
read this chapter today, I began to think in my mind what it must have been
like for the people of that time. We, of
course, know that the conditions that existed at that moment were not
permanent, but there is no evidence that they understood that. In fact, it seems likely that the Nephites of
that time must have thought that the end of the world had arrived. They likely had little or no context for the
destruction that had taken place, nor could they understand that it was not of
a permanent duration.
There was
nothing to indicate to them that their lives were not over. No fire, no light, nothing that they needed
to survive. And they could not know that
it would be coming back.
Yet in
that time of darkness, they could not understand that within a year that the
risen Lord would appear to them and they would be ushering in a golden age for
them as a people. Sometimes in our
darkest moments – even when those moments seem permanent and even when we
brought this destruction on ourselves – our own golden age is just around the
corner. There is no destruction so
permanent that the Lord cannot fix it, renew it, and make it better than
before. Even if we cannot see how that
could ever be done, He can do it.
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