Captain Moroni

When I read about Captain Moroni, I can’t help but be in awe. He was such an incredible man. There are a couple instances that really impress me about him. One is in Alma 46: 12 where he creates the title of liberty, which says, “In memory of our God, our religion, and freedom, and our peace, our wives, and our children.” He is a guy who has his priorities straight. He knows what is important to him. You can tell that he cares about God and he cares about his family. Another place is when he is writing a letter to Ammoron regarding Ammoron’s refusal to exchange prisoners on his terms. In Alma 54: 12 he says, “And behold, if ye do not this, I will come against you with my armies; yea, even I will arm my women and my children, and I will come against you and I will follow you even into your own land, which is the land of our first inheritance; yea, and it shall be blood for blood, yea, life for life; and I will give you battle even until you are destroyed from off the face of the earth.” He knows what he wants, he doesn’t give up, and he doesn’t let evil win. It is clear that he is on the Lord’s side. The strength and courage of this man is especially evident in Alma 48: 17, where it says, “Yea, verily, verily I say unto you, if all men had been, and were, and ever would be, like unto Moroni, behold, the very powers of hell would have been shaken forever; yea, the devil would never have power over the hearts of the children of men.” I think he is someone that we could all afford to be a little more like.