tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8665085267750808287.post5741692587073542223..comments2024-03-26T14:29:25.921-06:00Comments on To The Remnant: Striplings and WarriorsAdrian Larsenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17173995703995901609noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8665085267750808287.post-82163072978931929212016-05-09T09:43:49.608-06:002016-05-09T09:43:49.608-06:00There is even more significance to this group of y...There is even more significance to this group of youngsters than is described in this post. First of all, though, if we are to question the motives of a particular group, it should be the Nephites, not these warriors or their mothers. You will recall that Nephi's brothers were cursed with a dark skin so that they would not appeal to Nephi's people and they wouldn't mix. While most will say that God cursed the Lamanites, it is the Nephites who were appalled by such a thing as darker skin. They were the ones who were "racist" and disgusted by the lifestyle of the Lamanites. But we should also remember, the Father sends the rain to fall and the sun to shine on the evil and the good. He does not curse, but only sends bounteous blessings. His people do curse, though, and God will honor requests which are justified (See D&C 98:31); thus, a curse befell the Lamanites.<br /><br />Hundreds of years later, the children of those who were cursed were now blessing the children of the very ones who cursed them. They were living the higher law, (or the "doctrine of Christ") before it was even preached. They were "children of the Father" and "children of Christ." Is it any wonder that the Lord appeared in Bountiful, which was in close proximity to where the Ammonites (Anti-Nephi-Lehi's) were living? Is it any wonder that these people were worthy vessels to house the Spirit of the Lord, which was later to be poured out to the Gentiles?<br /><br />Yes, there is much more to this story than a "liken unto us" devotional to be given once a year on a contrived Gentile holiday. You could say that at the heart of this story is the very essence and purpose of the Book of Mormon, and if we can discover and emulate the pattern, then <a href="https://www.lds.org/scriptures/bofm/1-ne/13.13?lang=eng#12" rel="nofollow">great things await us!</a><br /><br />PS - If the Stripling Warriors "couldn't be killed," as you say, was this immortal state a temporary or permanent thing? Does it have anything to do with <a href="https://www.lds.org/scriptures/bofm/3-ne/20.16?lang=eng#15" rel="nofollow">future events</a>? 12 Visionshttp://12visions.blogspot.com/2014/06/vision-two.htmlnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8665085267750808287.post-43382075646677094362016-05-08T23:06:37.515-06:002016-05-08T23:06:37.515-06:00I wouldn't be too quick to condemn these strip...I wouldn't be too quick to condemn these striplings. The text makes it pretty clear the path they chose was righteous, as was their warfare. <br /><br />Of course, this does not condone all war, nor does it give license to go to war simply because we want to. War ought to always be defensive, and the reluctant last resort, and even then, only at the Lord's command.Adrian Larsenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17173995703995901609noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8665085267750808287.post-85450763591346771212016-05-08T22:45:55.379-06:002016-05-08T22:45:55.379-06:00Beautiful Mother's day talk by Sister Crockett...Beautiful Mother's day talk by Sister Crockett in Sacrament meeting. I hope i received it in the same spirit the message was transmitted. If not, then the context in which it was given (previous two speakers) may have influenced how I came to understand her message.<br /><br />The message I took away from Sister Crockett is that a mother's duty is to strengthen her children in the Lord regardless the circumstances in which they find their children or in which their children put themselves as a consequence of their childrens own choices. <br /><br />It must have required a Christ-like love to continue striving with sons who chose not to enter into the covenant of love of their parents. The mothers of the Strippling Warriors knew that, regardless of having choosen to shed blood, their own covenant of love in the Lord and their honoring of a duty to strengthen their sons in the Lord would be blessed with the preservation of their sons in war.<br /><br />Therefore, strengthening a child in the Lord and honoring one's covenant as a parent will be blessed with the preservation of one's children regardless the path they choose. As it says in Deuteronomy, the Lord did not preserve the children of Abraham (the Israelites) because they were righteous (they were not having chosen a different covenant), but because of the gospel covenant Abraham, their parent, had voluntarily entered into with the Lord and his diligent voluntary observation of the duties and obligations of that covenant.<br /><br />Sometimes it is easy to give up on wayward children or those, who like Christ, have fallen out of favor with society. This only speaks to our ego and pride neither of which we find in the mothers of the Ammonites despite their sons choosing a separate path and a different covenant. The minute a parent gives up on a child is the minute a child is lost. The mothers of the Strippling Warriors knew it.<br /><br />Saul of Tarsus is an example to the contrary. Despite having been called as an apostle to lead in the church by the Lord, those things in which Saul had participated and been engaged were not righteous at the time the Lord called upon him. Instead of building up the Christians despite having chosen a different path by way of a different covenant, Saul sought to tear them down. In this thing, where zeal trumps love, the Lord observed that Saul was "kicking against the pricks." Saul repents and develops a love we commonly see in mothers. This love inherent in mothers helped the mothers of the Strippling Warriors to see them as God sees them. It is a love that does not condone choices, but as Elder Kevin R Duncan stated, "sees people not only as they currently are but also as they may become."Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8665085267750808287.post-49463358670328782972016-05-08T12:17:30.456-06:002016-05-08T12:17:30.456-06:00I wouldn't say my mother and I have been super...I wouldn't say my mother and I have been super close over the years. She's had her difficult life and I was quite the heathen child in my younger days. However, I know, if not for the prayers of my mother, I would not be who I am today. Despite our differences, I know she loves me. I am very grateful for her. She has a hope, faith, and love that I only wish to obtain one day!Jeffrey Richardsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07909554074722585101noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8665085267750808287.post-60830213450672536432016-05-08T11:33:52.090-06:002016-05-08T11:33:52.090-06:00Mothers arise, and don't give into militaristi...Mothers arise, and don't give into militaristic propaganda, whether for the state or the church. SBhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10699554522289335818noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8665085267750808287.post-56358309347846149462016-05-08T10:54:07.512-06:002016-05-08T10:54:07.512-06:00Alma 56:46 For as I had ever called them my sons (...Alma 56:46 For as I had ever called them my sons (for they were all of them very young) even so they said unto me: Father, behold our God is with us, and he will not suffer that we should fall; then let us go forth; we would not slay our brethren if they would let us alone; therefore let us go, lest they should overpower the army of Antipus.Adrian Larsenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17173995703995901609noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8665085267750808287.post-85780527468375595942016-05-08T10:17:22.430-06:002016-05-08T10:17:22.430-06:00And this:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=reUstMn...And this:<br /><br />https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=reUstMn4bM8<br /><br />SBhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10699554522289335818noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8665085267750808287.post-89917122009026755112016-05-08T10:12:16.105-06:002016-05-08T10:12:16.105-06:00Mother's ought to get this message instead:
h...Mother's ought to get this message instead:<br /><br />https://www.lewrockwell.com/lrc-blog/the-real-mothers-day-2/<br /><br />Julia Ward Howe, perhaps in recompense for her despicable Battle Hymn of the Republic, established Mother’s Day in 1870 as an antiwar holiday. here is her moving proclamation to all women throughout the world. It couldn’t be more timely:<br /><br />"Again, in the sight of the Christian world, have the skill and power of two great nations exhausted themselves in mutual murder. Again have the sacred questions of international justice been committed to the fatal mediation of military weapons. In this day of progress, in this century of light, the ambition of rulers has been allowed to barter the dear interests of domestic life for the bloody exchanges of the battle field. Thus men have done. Thus men will do. But women need no longer be made a party to proceedings which fill the globe with grief and horror. Despite the assumptions of physical force, the mother has a sacred and commanding word to say to the sons who owe their life to her suffering. That word should now be heard, and answered to as never before.<br /><br />Arise, then, Christian women of this day ! Arise, all women who have hearts, Whether your baptism be that of water or of tears ! Say firmly : We will not have great questions decided by irrelevant agencies. Our husbands shall not come to us, reeking with carnage, for caresses and applause. Our sons shall not be taken from us to unlearn all that we have been able to teach them of charity, mercy and patience. We, women of one country, will be too tender of those of another country, to allow our sons to be trained to injure theirs. From the bosom of the devastated earth a voice goes up with our own. It says: Disarm, disarm! The sword of murder is not the balance of justice. Blood does not wipe out dishonor, nor violence vindicate possession. As men have often forsaken the plough and the anvil at the summons of war, let women now leave all that may be left of home for a great and earnest day of council.<br /><br />Let them meet first, as women, to bewail and commemorate the dead. Let them then solemnly take council with each other as to the means whereby the great human family can live in peace, man as the brother of man, each bearing after his own kind the sacred impress, not of Caesar, but of God.<br />In the name of womanhood and of humanity, I earnestly ask that a general congress of women, without limit of nationality, may be appointed and held at some place deemed most convenient, and at the earliest period consistent with its objects, to promote the alliance of the different nationalities, the amicable settlement of international questions, the great and general interests of peace."<br />—Julia Ward Howe<br /><br />http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mother%27s_Day_Proclamation#Appeal_to_womanhood_throughout_the_worldSBhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10699554522289335818noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8665085267750808287.post-86611333268270210472016-05-08T10:07:13.021-06:002016-05-08T10:07:13.021-06:00What a great way to start of Mother's Day. I r...What a great way to start of Mother's Day. I read this outloud to my hubby and sons. Sallyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15374589665400070727noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8665085267750808287.post-3306396943511684512016-05-08T09:22:20.868-06:002016-05-08T09:22:20.868-06:00Beautiful tribute Adrian, thank you for taking the...Beautiful tribute Adrian, thank you for taking the time to share.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15005603205103474399noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8665085267750808287.post-37842736868370764592016-05-08T09:20:46.218-06:002016-05-08T09:20:46.218-06:00Amen, Adrian. To a world made more alive and godly...Amen, Adrian. To a world made more alive and godly by great mothers. Blessings on the mothers that you love. Thank you for your insights behind the surface story that undoubtedly will be repeated hundreds, if not thousands of times today. Your post would make a terrific alternative to the usual telling.Pattynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8665085267750808287.post-46431348434751644422016-05-08T08:33:32.213-06:002016-05-08T08:33:32.213-06:00This was awesome! Sharing far and wide!This was awesome! Sharing far and wide!Milo Juryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13440059541058861873noreply@blogger.com