I laid down in bed the other night and I was tired. Tired of fighting a host greater than the darkness outside my walls that was seeping in ever so unyielding in every moment. I began to cry and pray and plead with my Father in Heaven. I feel like I am fighting such a large and powerful enemy that has control of media, government, entertainment and policy, and looks down on me narrowly. The darkness is so encompassing. It has control of billboards, commercials, games, social persuasion and although we avoid these things as much as possible they still knock and they call.
Again. I was pleading with the Lord against the darkness to spare my children against the flood of our time. After what seemed a while in my tears I heard a voice in my mind.
"I am the light and the life of the world;" It was the words of Christ.
It was a verse I had studied in Sunday School preparation. More specifically 3 Nephi 11:11. Right after the destruction of the Nephite people and 3 days of darkness it was the first thing Christ said as he had appeared to them. As I had studied this I was in Awe. I wondered why Christ chose these words as the first words he said to this people after he descended from heaven that he was "The Light".
Now praying in the darkness of my room against the filthy darkness at the door that seemed to want to swallow my family whole I understood something that happened millennia ago that transpired between a deceased people and their glorified king.
The Nephite people had been trapped in darkness for 3 days. After such horrible calamities of fire, whirlwinds, earthquakes they could not light a fire so thick was the darkness. They could not find the bodies of their dead under rubble. They could not see their babies, their elderly or their loved ones. So thick was the darkness. They were alone in a way that they had never been before. What a contrast to finally see when the light did come. What a contrast and what relief and even Joy they felt. When Christ descended and said "I am the Light." They understood what that meant in a way that we can hardly understand. They now knew darkness and so they understood the balm of the Light.
As I lay there I understood as well as I felt the darkness as if it was some physical thing clawing its way towards my family. The Light. Christ is the Light that casteth out the darkness.
They that are with us are greater than they that are against us. It seems like an insurmountable task to protect my littles from these influences that plague the last days but when you have the power of light on your side you have nothing to fear.
In Church today the speaker shared D&C 6:34 "Fear No, little flock do good; let earth and hell combine against you, for if ye are built upon my rock they cannot prevail."
These are the last days. We are in the midst of a terrible battle between good and evil. As mothers we are the Chief Captains. Our forces are strong but they need our guidance. Our little children (and big) need us to be intune. They need us to do the small and simple things of the gospel- scripture study, prayer from the heart, church attendance, simple acts of charity and obedience. Those are the things that will fill our lamps with oil that we may prepare against the darkness. As the mists canker and plague our path we can hold to the word of God and let it guide us against the fingers of scorn and the thick error that blinds us. We can win each battle, we can win this war. Those who are with us are greater than those who are against us. With The Light, our Savior and Master on our side, the Maker of the Earth beneath our feet we will not fail.
Fear not little flock.
When the Light of the World is on our side we will prevail!
