The Book of Mormon is a place where we can find safety and refuge from all of our cares.

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Gotta love our silly missionary!

Ok so this has been a sweet week. We had our investigator come to church which was an answer to many many prayers. Awesome note to end on. We have been meeting a lot of people in the new ward and they are great. Super good people. Not much is new though. And the message I have is stolen from another missionary. It's pretty sweet though. He's inspired to say the least. Here it is:

"Well here is something cool I just studied and I hope this can help you and increase your love for the Book of Mormon. So most people think that the Book of Mormon is named after the prophet Mormon who abridged the plate. I thought that also until recently! After reading Mosiah 18:30 I have come up with a different view on why it is called that.

"And now it came to pass that all this was done in Mormon, yea, by the waters of Mormon, in the forest that was near the waters of Mormon; yea, the place of Mormon, the waters of Mormon, the forest of Mormon, how beautiful are they to the eyes of them who there came to the knowledge of their Redeemer; yea, and how blessed are they, for they shall sing to his praise forever."

So this is my view... I believe that the Book of Mormon is named after the place Mormon that it talks about in this verse. This place called Mormon was a sacred place to these people because it was here that they came too after being persecuted and they found the place Mormon which was a place of safety and refuge for them. We can also do that- what we are being told is that the Book of Mormon is a place where we can come to find peace, joy, comfort and safety both spiritually and physically. This is also the place where you will come to a knowledge of your redeemer. This is the book of the place Mormon. What the title of this book is implying to us, is that by reading this book you will come to a knowledge of your redeemer. This is the place where you will come to a knowledge o Jesus Christ.

I promise you that as you read this book you will learn more and more about Jesus Christ every time you do read it. 2 Nephi 25:26 tells us what this book is for and 2 Nephi 33:10-11 tells us what this book contains.

The warning that I stress comes from Mosiah 18:32 as we compare the King to Satan and how the King tries to get in the way of them being in the land of Mormon and Satan will try and stop us from reading the book of Mormon by trickery whether its by making us tired or lazy and so many other ways. He knows the power that the Book of Mormon will bring into our daily lives and he knows that it will deepen our conversion to the Savior and help us in hard times and this is exactly why he tries so hard to stop us from reading it. Don't let it get in the way of you and your relationship with Heavenly Father.

Another side note is that the reference 18:30! Maybe its a coincidence or maybe it isn't but the Book of Mormon was published in what year????"

Haha this is a great message and full of truth. The Book of Mormon is a place where we can find safety and refuge from all of our cares. We need to turn to it often and receive the strength we get from it.

As always I hope you have a great week!

Take care!!!!

Elder Anderson