Stop and Step Back

The Content

Alma 44

Verse 1

And it came to pass that they did stop and withdrew a pace from them. And Moroni said unto Zerahemnah: Behold, Zerahemnah, that we do not desire to be men of blood. Ye know that ye are in our hands, yet we do not desire to slay you.

The Comments:

The Nephites stopped and put some space between themselves and the Lamanites.

Just a quick plug for the need that we sometimes have to put some space between us and what’s going on in our lives. Especially if the matter is intense.  Stop, take a step back and listen to the Spirit.

Moroni then says it like it is—no gloating. We have you surrounded, but we don’t want to kill you.

How many leaders would do this? Why did Moroni do it?

Maybe because he valued the life of his men as well as life in general.  I’m thinking that war hardens men’s hearts more than I can ever understand. But Moroni understood it, and probably wanted to minimize it.