Mormon 1-7

For class today I read Mormon 1-7.

Ch. 1 -- It is amazing to me that these people are so blessed and have been given so much from the Lord yet they still turn wicked. They are vain and proud and claim credit for all that they have. After all that they have seen, witnessed, and heard, how is it that they forget so easily?? Also amazing to me is the fact that a 10 year old boy is the most righteous out of all of the people!! Once again we are told (in a round about way) that we should be like children...humble, meek, submissive.
Ch. 2 -- They Nephites have appointed 16 year old Mormon to lead their armies. I think that is the most amazing thing!! Anyway...it breaks my heart, like it does Mormon's, that the people are suffering so much because of their wickedness but they do not repent and come again unto Christ, they curse God instead. These people have seen so many miracles yet they blame God for their suffering now??
Ch. 3 -- Reading this just makes me think really hard about life. These people have been told by a chosen man of God to repent and they will be spared and they refuse. They boast and swear by the heavens that they will avenge their fallen brethren. Do we do this?? We have the way set in front of us and it is easily marked...but do we sometimes refuse?? Do we think that we can find a better path than the one that is in front of us?? We need to remember all that the Nephites did and the end that comes to them.
Ch. 4 -- I don't quite understand how these people can be this ... STUPID!! The Lord has given them so many blessings and has provided a wonderful place for them to live and they know the true gospel yet they rebel and refuse to repent!! The destruction that they see and the battles they lose are in direct correlation to their wickedness. We can learn so much from these people!! We need to remember the Lord and beg for forgiveness!! We will be held accountable and if we do not change our ways now...will we ever??
Ch. 5 -- ...I don't even know where to start!! There is so much destruction falling on the people that Mormon won't even write about it!! If you were there, witnessing these things, would you not pray to Heavenly Father for help and for forgiveness?? I know that I would!! How can they stand idly by and watch their wives and children suffer and be sacrificed and not even think to repent!!?? Just another lesson for us to learn from.
Ch. 6 -- Out of about 230,000 Nephite people, there are only 24 left. Words can't even describe how awful that is!! And to think that all of this could have been prevented had the people not been proud and just repented of their sins and wickedness...
Ch. 7 -- This chapter is so simple yet so powerful... Mormon simply tells us what we need to do in order to return to Heavenly Father. Repent, be baptized, know where we come from, give thanks unto God for our blessings...such simple things that mean so much and will change our lives!!