"...Behold, I cannot say the smallest part which I feel."
My thoughts:
So often I feel this way.
That words cannot adequately express
the stirrings within my soul.
My heart groaneth to share the depth of my love,
trust, and adoration
for My Father in Heaven;
His Son, Jesus Christ;
and the Holy Ghost.
Yet, somewhere
in the interpretation into words
I fail to sufficiently express the way I have been
touched by the Spirit,
pricked by the Word,
and moved by God's Love.
It transcends any feeling and every experience
I have yet had on this Earth.
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"...the Lamanites were in darkness, yea, even in the darkest abyss, but behold, how many of them are brought to behold the marvelous light of God..."
Alma 26:3
My thoughts:
Compare to Alma's
(the Younger)
words in Mosiah 27:29 -
where he uses the same words to express his mighty change -
he was in "the darkest abyss" and then beheld the "marvelous light of God"-
now compare both scriptures to 3 Nephi 18:24 -
when Christ said
'Therefore, hold up your light.
That it may shine unto the world.
Behold, I am the light which ye shall hold up.."
This is exactly what the sons of Mosiah did.
They held up the Light that had illuminated their lives and their hearts.
Resulting in the "light" of Christ being shared among the nation of the Lamanites.
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"Yea, I know that I am nothing; as to my strength I am weak; therefore I will not boast of myself, but I will boast of my God, for in his strength I can do all things;.."
Alma 26:12
My thoughts:
This scripture has been a favorite of mine since I was young.
Because I know compared to God,
I am nothing.
As to my strength,
I am weak"
But when I join with God -
I am unstoppable.
And 'in his strength,
I can do all things.'
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I echo Ammon's words:
"for this is my life,
and my light,
my joy and my salvation,
and my redemption from everlasting wo.
Yea, blessed is the name of my God."
Alma 26:36 (italics added)
My thoughts:
He makes you His, shouldn't you make Him yours?