Don't you just love Captain Moroni?
Sheri Dew wonders if he is still single.
Anyway. His example throughout the war chapters of the Book of Mormon is just stunning!
In an attempt to "liken all scriptures unto us" I analyzed the following verses and made a table.
Alma 48:7-9
7 Moroni, on the other hand, had been preparing the minds of the people to be faithful unto the Lord their God.
8 Yea, he had been strengthening the armies of the Nephites, and erecting small forts, or places of resort; throwing up banks of earth round about to enclose his armies, and also building walls of stone to encircle them about, round about their cities and the borders of their lands; yea, all round about the land.
9 And in their weakest fortifications he did place the greater number of men; and thus he did fortify and strengthen the land which was possessed by the Nephites.
7 Moroni, on the other hand, had been preparing the minds of the people to be faithful unto the Lord their God.
8 Yea, he had been strengthening the armies of the Nephites, and erecting small forts, or places of resort; throwing up banks of earth round about to enclose his armies, and also building walls of stone to encircle them about, round about their cities and the borders of their lands; yea, all round about the land.
9 And in their weakest fortifications he did place the greater number of men; and thus he did fortify and strengthen the land which was possessed by the Nephites.
This is the table.
Moroni
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Me
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Forts (“Places of Resort”)
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“Sanctuaries” of rest, away from busyness, danger, etc.
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Cities and lands
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Freedom to choose how I live, Relationships, all things that I want to protect spiritually and physically.
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Walls
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Men (“in their weakest fortifications he did place the greater number of men”)
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Dedication and attention to improvement and overcoming. “The most important commandment is the one you are struggling with.”
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Notice that I left one blank. I invite the reader to fill that in, as well as make additions to other entries, or extend the table.
Thanks to English class and Seminary classes for teaching me methods of analyzing texts!
I particularly enjoyed identifying the parallel I called "sanctuary." We all need it! We all need refuges from the storms of life, whether those storms be struggles in the world, personal weaknesses, difficult relationships, an assignment due tomorrow... we all need some sort of sanctuary. On the topic of last-minute-efforts-on-assignments, the sanctuary could be remembering to see the biggest picture of God's plan for us, thinking of the bigger test of mortality.
Enjoy the table!
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