Day 336 Learning Wisdom from Moroni's Mistakes
Show Notes
In this Savory Salt episode, Allen Roberds reflects on Mormon 9:31, highlighting how Moroni candidly shares his mistakes and imperfections in the Book of Mormon. Discover how learning from the errors of ancient prophets like Moroni can lead to greater wisdom and spiritual growth in your own life.
Key Points
- Explore Moroni's honest confession of his own writing mistakes and imperfections, particularly as found in Mormon 9:31.
- Understand Moroni's implicit advice to avoid judging others' mistakes while simultaneously encouraging the sharing of personal errors.
- Recognize that ancient prophets like Moroni and Mormon recorded their weaknesses so that future generations could learn wisdom and avoid similar pitfalls.
- Connect the lesson of sharing imperfections to the cultural reference of 'We don't talk about Bruno' from Encanto, emphasizing the danger of hiding flaws.
- Discover how small, daily scripture reflections can lead to greater spiritual 'savor' and personal growth.
I love that Moroni's advice here is, I believe, for all of us. And that is, please don't judge our mistakes, but at the same time, please share your mistakes with others.
Full Transcript
In Matthew 5:13, Jesus tells his followers that they are the salt of the earth, and in the same sentence offers a warning that savorless salt is good for nothing. Join me in an attempt to be savory salt as I share each day one verse of scripture and one small thought. Perhaps this small daily emphasis can lead to greater savor in your life and ultimately you and I can be savory salt.
Hello, my friends and family, wherever you're listening from. Thank you for joining me and know that I'm cheering for your every success. Today, the magic of mistakes.
Welcome to Day 336 on our 365-day journey through the Book of Mormon together. Today, we finish the Book of Mormon. You're going to be reading Mormon chapter 9, verses 30 to 37.
You'll finish that book. The Bible, Book of Mormon, Doctrine and Covenants, Pearl of Great Price, through Jared all the way to Ether. And so, great fun there!
Today, I love Moroni talking to us as he sees in his writings that he makes mistakes. And then he talks to us about his mistakes. This is what he says in Mormon 9:31.
He says, I love that Moroni's advice here is, I believe, for all of us. And that is, please don't judge our mistakes, but at the same time, please share your mistakes with others. Now, you sitting there, going, 'Wait a second, did he really say that?' By writing these stories, Moroni, Mormon, the authors of the other books, they broadcasting some of the mistakes that they made, some of their imperfections, some of the challenges they faced, some of the ways that they were weak.
And they did it in the hopes that you and I could learn to be more wise than they were. And I think we can take a message from that as well. If you've ever seen Encanto, this is the whole core piece of it, right?
This is the message around, 'We don't talk about Bruno.' Here he was considered an imperfection in the family. He was considered a mistake, something that we don't talk about, something that we hide, something we brush under the rug. That's all for today, my friends.
Remember that by small and simple things are great things brought to pass. Keep it small, keep it simple, and always seek to be savory salt. I'll be here tomorrow and I hope you are too.
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