Lately I have been thinking about strength. Specifically strength in the Lord (this is probably evident from my last post). Yesterday my companion and I were talking to a young man and we shared a story about this very idea. If you are not familiar with the Book of Mormon, this will be new to you, but I would invite you to keep reading and think about the message that can be learned.
The story is found in Alma 56. A man named Helaman writes a letter to the captain of the Nephite army to tell him about 2,000 young men. The parents of these boys had taken an oath to never shed blood again. They would not fight even in self defense. However when the enemy came to war against them (the Lamanites being that enemy) they began to question and almost forsook their oath to fight for their families, their land, and their freedom. Which may seem like a good thing, but their sons didn't want them to have to break that promise to God. These 2,000 young boys volunteered to fight in their parents' stead. They had never fought before, but they did not fear because they knew that God would be on their side. Long story short, the 2,000 stripling warriors fought a hard battle against the Lamanite army. They were outnumbered. They were young, but did they lose? No. When the battle was over, Helaman, their leader, wrote, "not one soul of them had fallen... they had fought with the strength of God; yea never were men known to have fought with such miraculous strength; and with such mighty power" (Alma 56: 56)
As I think about this story, I think about the battles each of us have to face. We may be outnumbered, but we can win with the strength of the Lord. When we do not doubt His strength, He increases are faith. I know this is true because I've read about it, I've seen it, and I've experienced it. Just like the stripling warriors, let us not doubt. We all know right from wrong, we were born with that light in us. Choose the right, rely on God; through him we can overcome any battle big or small.
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