Friday, October 8, 2010

Helaman

This morning as I was reading my scriptures I continued to be in awe of Helaman.  We (Amy and I) recently finished our story of Helaman and honestly we were a little disappointed in ourselves.  We just couldn't find the right words to express how awesome this man was!

Most people know the story of Helaman and the Stripling Warriors but what about the background of Helaman.  He and Moroni appear in the scriptures about the same time but Helman is not referred to a great warrior.  He was a missionary turned warrior by circumstances!  I have been both a warrior (Marine) and a member missionary and quite frankly being a missionary is more amazing.


Here is why I think that:  Anybody can follow order/directions.  It takes real moxy, mojo, moral fiber, whatever you prefer to call it to overcome temporal disractions and open your self and your spirit up the doing what the Lord wants you to do.  These days there seems to be a lot of worldy pressure to be selfish but the key to incredible missionary work is service and love.  Although, Helaman pulled off being a warrior with spectacular results because of his love of the people and the Lord.

Before I get too amped up here is the link to our story on Helaman http://www.scriptureheroes.com/Helaman_Biography.html.  It is at our new website http://www.scriptureheroes.com/.  We hope that it will still give our readers a sense of how powerful we can be when we rely on our Heavenly Father and follow His directions.  As always we appreciate your comments and look forward to hearing about what you think.

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