Trust in the Lord

Moroni 9

Mormon writes his last epistle to Moroni.  This is probably the saddest letter ever written by a good man to anyone!  The Lamanites and the Nephites are all so wicked they torture and kill each other with no sense of human decency at all. 

I cannot comprehend the depravity of which Mormon writes.  Could we become so wicked?  I know there are really wicked things in the world that happen, but could it become the norm?  I remember watching a “cowboy and Indians” movie – probably several different movies, and the Indians did some pretty despicable things to the women in the movie.  One was with Steve McQueen many years ago – “Nevada Smith”.  His parents had been brutally murdered by Indians and their home burned to the ground.  He witnessed it somehow.  Whenever I read this chapter, those images play over in my mind. 

When I reach this part of the Book of Mormon, I’m saddened that man can degenerate to such a level.  Is it the “natural man” King Benjamin refers to in Mosiah 3:19?  Certainly he would be an enemy to God.  So how does one insure they do not ever become so evil?  I believe King Benjamin tells us in this verse.

• Yield to the enticings of the Holy Ghost
• Accept the Atonement of Christ
• Be like a child, i.e. submissive, meek, humble, patient, full of love, submit to the Lord’s will even as a child submits to his parents.

 There is plenty here to think about for the day and every day.  It could be boiled down to trusting the Lord as a small child trusts his parents.