Helaman 6 Go Figure

In the sixty-second year of the reign of the judges, we have the Lamanites being more righteous than the Nephites.  The Lamanites began coming into Nephite lands and preaching the gospel with power and authority.  All of the people began to be righteous and as a result they became prosperous and rich.  It was an unprecedented period of peace between the two nations.  But by the sixty-eighth year the Nephites had fallen into the ways of the Gadianton robbers and murderers, while the Lamanites had remained righteous, preaching the word of God to the Gadiantons and completely destroying their society.  Only six years and the Nephites had completely fallen!  This teaches me how critical it is to stay faithful day to day because if we turn from God it only takes a short time before we can completely lose his Spirit in our lives.  Who could have predicted that the Lamanites would be the more righteous group of people?  This shows that God is not a racist.  He favors those who love him and keep his commandments not based on their race but on their hearts.  He loves to bless us.  That is his nature.