Today I read Mosiah 2 and there are a lot of things that one
can pick out of this chapter. The main thing I was personally struck with
how King Benjamin tells his people to ponder on the awful state of the
wicked. We learn much later in the Book of Alma that wickedness never was
happiness. If you think about other stories from the scriptures,
particularly the Prodigal Son, we learn this is true. That when people are
in the depths of debauchery, they are unhappy and depressed. I think
truly the real reason so many people are depressed in this life is because they
are living a life of wickedness and sin.
I remember when I was a missionary how happy and amazing it
was to see someone truly repent of their sins and turn their life around for
the better. The weight of sin is so heavy and harsh and we often don’t
even realize it is there until it is lifted from our shoulders. Once we
become clean and turn our lives around we realize how much we missed the light
of Christ. It is something that we take for granted too often I
think. But it is so sweet when we get it back after we have lost
it. It is wonderful indeed! Until tomorrow.
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