Armor

So I love the war chapters of the Book of Mormon. I think that it's full of amazing insights and ideas for everyday use. I found a lot of different references in my reading this week about our different types of armor. Physical armor, location, and mind. 

Physical armor, let's start there. In Alma 43 it says that the Lamanites were "exceedingly afraid" of the Nephites because of their armor. All the stuff they decided to put on scared a bunch or guys that drank the blood of the animals they kill. We too have that in our lives. Think about it, what have we been given to shield us? We have the for strength of youth. Put on some modest clothes and let yourselves shine! You'll be able to scare off your personal Lamanites by the way you dress. And we always have are garments as well. But that comes along while you're ready for those covenants. 

Now for location. Go down to verse 32 in Alma 43 now. It says that "he concealed in the west valley, on the west of the river Sidon, and so down into the borders of the land Manti." He went away from the righteous when he sinned. Not only that, the sins were concealed. When we sin, we conceal our good side and show off our sins. We hid what God wants for us to show off that natural man. If we can not hide our sins, but go to the right authority, we can remove them.

And now for the mind. Go to Alma 47:18-19. This is one of my favorite ways to portray how Satan slowly dilutes your mind. Lehonti doesn't die right away, it's slowly, little by little. Satan isn't going to get you to do something that you are totally uncomfortable with right away, he'll build up to it. Like how you cook frogs, slowly but persistently.