As a father, these verses and the talk (an all-time great from Elder Holland) really hit home for me today. I love how you can feel the sincerity of Alma the Younger as he's talking to his son, Helaman. He starts out, "My son, give ear to my words; for I swear unto you". He definitely wanted to get his son's attention, which means we'd better pay attention as well.
The answer to today's question is answered by Elder Holland in today's talk: "And sorrowing Alma the Younger, when confronted by the excruciating memory of his sins, “remembered also to have heard [his] father prophesy … concerning the coming of … Jesus Christ, a Son of God, to atone for the sins of the world.” That brief memory, that personal testimony offered by his father at a time when the father may have felt nothing was sinking in, not only saved the spiritual life of this, his son, but changed forever the history of the Book of Mormon people."
As a father, these verses and the talk (an all-time great from Elder Holland) really hit home for me today. I love how you can feel the sincerity of Alma the Younger as he's talking to his son, Helaman. He starts out, "My son, give ear to my words; for I swear unto you". He definitely wanted to get his son's attention, which means we'd better pay attention as well.
ReplyDeleteThe answer to today's question is answered by Elder Holland in today's talk: "And sorrowing Alma the Younger, when confronted by the excruciating memory of his sins, “remembered also to have heard [his] father prophesy … concerning the coming of … Jesus Christ, a Son of God, to atone for the sins of the world.” That brief memory, that personal testimony offered by his father at a time when the father may have felt nothing was sinking in, not only saved the spiritual life of this, his son, but changed forever the history of the Book of Mormon people."