Ethan Parker

I don’t think I’ve shared many things about my church on this blog. This morning I would like to mention a verse from one of my favorite books according to my facebook profile.

It’s about a great man who was responsible for helping many people find God and be happy. Once he was talking to the king of a people that were converted. They were going to be attacked by an opposing group of people and they wanted to escape, but they were worried about leaving and joining with another people that they had previously committed many crimes against from before they were converted.

This great man’s name was Ammon. So Ammon said to the king: “I will go and inquire of the Lord, and if he say unto us, go down unto our brethren, will ye go?”

Not all of us believe there is a god and not all of us believe that if there is a god, he is able to communicate with us. If you believe both of those, though, then this verse has a great meaning. It asks us if we receive instruction, will we follow it? If we know something is right will we do it? Love it.

So to finish the story Ammon asks if they should go, the Lord says yes, and they join the people whom they previously wronged. They were very happily received! The opposing group mentioned did attack anyway, but were beaten because these other two groups of people joined forces.

This is from the Book of Mormon (it’s like the Bible). The book within the book is called Alma, chapter 27.