Covering Both Sides

The Content:

Alma 43

Verse 24

And it came to pass that the word of the Lord came unto Alma, and Alma informed the messengers of Moroni, that the armies of the Lamanites were marching round about in the wilderness, that they might come over into the land of Manti, that they might commence an attack upon the weaker part of the people. And those messengers went and delivered the message unto Moroni.

The Comments:

The first time I read this and commented, I saw the word “might” and thought, “the prophet said the Lamanites might come to the land of Manti?” Moroni moved on the “might” from the prophet? (I’m not saying that’s bad, by the way)  But now that I read it again, it’s just a quirk of the translation.  No might about it. J

However, one other thing I noticed was that the messengers from Moroni waited for Alma to pray and receive an answer. I realize we don’t usually go through the prophet (okay, I don’t, but I could be doing it wrong) but do we wait for an answer? Maybe on our knees?

I think this illustrates a great lesson on how we can deal with trials in our lives—especially things that we feel helpless against.  We should send our spiritual side to Heavenly Father and wait for an answer to our prayers, while our physical side does everything we can about the problem.  I mentioned this last verse, but it feels more clear in my mind here.