Today’s reading, Alma 20, relates yet another dramatic episode from the dramatic story of Ammon among the Lamanites.
The narrative is quite straightforward, but it illustrates very nicely the way in which a refusal to return enmity can actually disarm someone who has been an enemy for a very long time. I would think that such forbearance works best with enemies whose hostility comes from misunderstanding, or from having been fed untruths over a lengthy period — as Lamoni’s father plainly had been. He had grown up hating Nephites, but, when he actually met one, he found that his preconceived notions were mistaken. (Preconceived notions often are.)
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