January 22, 2007

  • From a letter dated January 16, 2007

    Dear Family, Friends, and Xangans,

    I just read the neatest scripture today. It is something that the prophet Alma said after his miraculous conversion.

    Nevertheless, after wading through much tribulation, repenting nigh unto death, the Lord in mercy hath seen fit to snatch me out of an everlasting burning, and I am born of God. My soul hath been redeemed from the gall of bitterness and bonds of iniquity. I was in the darkest abyss; but now I behold the marvelous light of God. My soul was racked with eternal torment; but I am snatched, and my soul is pained no more" (Mosiah 27:29).

    What struck me was Alma's choice of the word snatch. What a strange word to use. What a fitting word. He was snatched from his torment by the mercy of Jesus Christ, and he saw the light of God. I have been snatched. And I am sure I will be in the fire again, but I know that I will be snatched again if I can just hold onto that attitude that Alma had- that complete repentence. And because of the infinite mercy of God, I can be snatched forever.

    Have you been snatched?