2000 stripling warriors

Today we taught the story about 2000 stripling warriors from the Book of Mormon to our 11-12 year old primary class. As I did some last minute preparations I learned something that I had never considered before. One of the great points of this story is that these young men didn’t have a personal testimony of Christ and his teachings, but they all knew that their mother’s knew. They had faith in their mothers. They performed with exactness all of the things that Helaman asked them to do. They were therefore obedient. At the end of Alma Chapter 58 the epistle ends with a comment that his sons (2060 warriors) had faith in the prophecies. This indicated to be these young men had gained their own personal testimonies by being obedient to their leaders and remembering the teachings of their mothers. Since the Book of Mormon is written for us in lour day. I think that a parallel can be drawn between the physical battles that they fought and the spiritual battles that our young people battle today. Since most of them will be battered with an onslaught of evils by Satan before most of them can or will gain their own personal testimony they must rely on their mother’s (parents) testimony until they get one of their own. They do however need to have faith in their mothers (parents) in order for them to be successful. While everyone of the 2000 stripling warriors survive the battles, they all were wounded to one degree or another. Most of our children today suffer spiritual wounds of varying degrees of severity.
Meanwhile Heather has decided not to return to camp Summit this week, a wise decision. Now she can spend time finding a real job.