Quiet Power

The Content:

Alma 43

Verse 49

And it came to pass that they turned upon the Lamanites, and they cried with one voice unto the Lord their God, for their liberty and their freedom from bondage.

The Comments:

They Nephites cry with one voice unto the Lord.

A woman I know once told me a story that reminds me of this.  She went on Trek (Pulling handcarts across the wilderness of Wyoming to try to get a feel of what it was like for the early Mormon pioneers to cross the plains) with the youth in her area.  At one point they do what is called a women’s pull.  This is when the girls and women are broken up and assigned into families or teams to pull a loaded handcart up a steep and challenging hill.

Only women participate.

The men and boys have to watch. I understand that they usually stand at the top of the hill. Maybe they cheer, I’m not sure. I’ve never been on Trek.

Anyway, this woman said that the women said a prayer and that the Spirit was very strong, and she felt that this (along with some determination) is what got the girls up the hill. Not with a big, roaring cheer or charge, but with a quiet, unified prayer to the Lord.

It sounds like something similar happened here to the Nephites. They cried with one voice to the Lord regarding their cause and their motivation. Nowhere does it say that they let out a big battle cry and charged.

But they may have. It probably wouldn’t hurt. J