Alma 60 – We Have Been Warned

I'm afraid today's post is a continuation of yesterday's.  I just read it, and it is more of the same.  

Oh if we only had men in power who could be like Moroni!  Moroni sends a letter to Pahoran, the chief judge of the land, and reams him good for failing to support the troops in their efforts to eradicate the evil that threatens their freedom and safety.  The government is failing to send food, supplies and additional men to help in this effort and Moroni and his army are suffering as a result while the governors of the land are sitting on their laurels enjoying a relatively safe and good life.  Moroni’s mad!  You can’t blame him. 

Now I need to ask this question:  Are our military men and women as well as Veterans suffering this same kind of neglect?  Think about it.  The four men, who were killed in Benghazi, were literally abandoned in their hour of need.  I was told of the man just minutes away from this disaster who was waiting for the word to assist, that the powers that be, i.e. President Obama and Hillary Clinton, Secretary of State, withheld that order to go.  This man who talked at the Kiwanis Club last week said this disaster did not need to happen.  They were always “at the ready” and minutes away.  That’s just one case. 

Our Veterans are being allowed to die waiting for medical attention.  Why is this?  Indifference to their needs. 

Because I’m not that knowledgeable and don’t want to repeat things I only hear, I’ll restrain from saying more.  But these two instances are enough for me.  What has happened to our great country?  Why is it in such a state of indifference?  What is missing?

I believe I have an answer to that question.  I believe it is indifference to our Heavenly Father, our creator.  The masses are more about themselves than helping others.  Our nation has turned into a what’s-in-it-for-me-type people.  I heard on a podcast the other day that when a nation ceases to fear God, we couldn’t hire enough police officers to keep the peace.  This is easy to see.

I’m not certain where I’m going with this except that if we don’t turn it around soon, we can prepare for serious consequences.  We have been warned.  The Lord has told us repeatedly that when we keep His commandments, we will prosper.  He will withdraw His spirit if we don’t.  I think to a large degree we are already seeing that.