Ammon rejoices in the wonderful successes they have had as
missionaries, the changed hearts of thousands of the Lamanites, and being
instruments in the hands of the Lord. He
also rejoices that the Lord “snatched” them (Alma, Ammon and their brethren)
from their sinful past and pointed them in a new direction. Finally, he rejoices in the mindfulness of the Lord. In verse 36, he states that God “…has been mindful of this people, who are a branch
of the tree of Israel. Further, he says
that “…God is mindful of every people, whatsoever land they may be in.” In the Book of Moroni, Mormon, great general
and abridger, says, “My beloved son, Moroni, I rejoice exceedingly that your
Lord Jesus Christ hath been mindful
of you….” (Moroni 8:2)
To be “mindful” is to pay attention. The Lord pays attention to each of us
individually. He challenges us to be
mindful of each other and not treat each other as objects. When we truly pay attention to our children,
for example, we listen to them, watch them, pray for them, and love them. When we are mindful of our spouse, we are in
tune with their needs and we put those needs above our own. When we are mindful we pay attention to our
mindsets. We don’t just walk through our
day in mindless activities because we know how.
We don’t multi-task when we are driving because we can. We don’t treat others as objects because they
are just there in the room. We pay
attention. We don’t space off during
conversations because we can.
When we are mindful we listen to the Holy Ghost. We pay attention to his promptings and write
them down. We act on personal revelation
and don’t procrastinate or resist his voice.
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