Bishop's Spiritual Thought

Our Bishop shared this with us last night as a spiritual thought... I thought it was great...

Elder Ezra Taft Benson said:

“In that sacred volume of scripture, the Book of
Mormon, we note the great and prolonged struggle for
liberty. We also note the complacency of the people
and their frequent willingness to give up their liberty
for the promises of a would-be provider.

“The record reveals that a man ‘of cunning device
. . . and . . . many flattering words,’ . . . sought . . . ‘to
destroy the foundation of liberty which God had
granted unto them. . . .’ (Alma 46:10.)

“While this incident occurred some seventy years
B.C., the struggle went on through one thousand years
covered by this sacred Book of Mormon record. In
fact, the struggle for liberty is a continuing one—it is
with us in a very real sense today right here on this
choice land of the Americas” (in Conference Report,
Oct. 1962, pp. 14–15)