We don’t kick people out of church for looking dirty and poor,
but I suspect sometimes we want to. Something to be aware of.
Alma knew the people were truly humbled because they came and
asked what to do. They were ready to act. I have been thinking about that every
since the lesson on prayer a few weeks ago, where effective prayers requires a willingness
to act. The people didn’t just come and say, what do you think about poor people,
it wasn’t just curiosity, they wanted to worship God and wanted to know how.
When the scriptures describe these people as poor in heart, and
humbled, I am sure they were feeling really bad about the situation. They didn’t
even seem to be mad, but just depressed about it. How many times when life is going
wrong (like being cast out of the synagogue for these people) and it feels so terrible,
is it really, as Alma said, a blessing?
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