Learning from Mormon’s first thought

In Mormon 1:1, Mormon wasted no time in talking about “almost all the destruction of my people, the Nephites.”

This is the first thing Mormon mentions. You might ask, “Why?” I asked. I think it has to do with what Mormon was going through.

If you had just seen a bloody war (think the bloodiest street gangs in the inner-city multiplied by 1,000) which killed tens of millions of people – and you were making an entry into an account that would be read by future generations – would you mention it?

I think it’s interesting to notice some of these small details because it points to the truth of the book. Its authors were real men, and many times wrote what we would have written had we lived. The book is true.