MORMON REMEMBERED what Ammaron said to him as a 10-year-old boy.
Do you remember anything that someone told you when you were 10 years old?
If you do, it’s probably something pretty important or impactful.
This makes me think of quite a few church lessons I received in my youth that focused on spiritual gifts.
The teacher would often ask each of us to write down or tell each other the spiritual gifts we recognized in them.
Such a sweet idea, by the way.
The only hitch was that I’ve always been pretty musically talented.
So every time I was part of one of these lessons or activities, the messages my friends would write to me would all be fairly similar:
“You are so musically talented!”
Don’t get me wrong, I am so grateful for my talents.
But as a teen, I also always wondered what my SPIRITUAL gifts were.
I knew there was more to me than just my musical gifts.
It wasn’t until an activity at a Young Women camp where I had a leader write a little note to me:
“Cali, I love that for every activity this week, you’ve made sure that everyone was included. You have such a gift for helping others not feel left out.”
I remember that note and that sweet leader to this day.
I’m not sure exactly what Ammaron and Mormon’s relationship was like.
But I know that Ammaron told young, 10-year-old Mormon that he was, “. . . a sober child, and. . . quick to observe.”
And Mormon said: “I remembered the things which Ammaron commanded me.” (Mormon 1:2,5)
And then Mormon wrote Ammaron’s compliment and commandment down, AT LEAST 14 years later.
Sometimes, it’s really hard to recognize our own spiritual gifts.
But I think it’s actually pretty easy to see the spiritual gifts that others have.
If you want to make a huge impact on someone’s life right now, tell them the spiritual gifts and talents that you see in them.
They might just remember it for the rest of their lives.
Happy Studying!
-Cali Black
