Wo.

Book of Mormon: 2 Nephi 15

    Chapter 15 in 2 Nephi has a lot of "Wo"'s or in other words, has lots of warnings declared throughout the verses.  I thought I would list them:

WO:
*8 Wo unto them that join ^ahouse to house, till there can be no place, that they may be placed alone in the midst of the earth!
   This scripture is referring to people who are unhappy with what they have because they are always looking at what others have and they want more, and so they take it from others.   The footnotes from this scripture warned against taking from others violently.  So when you take from others especially violently, then you will ultimately be alone.  

11 Wo unto them that rise up early in the morning, that they may ^afollow strong drink, that continue until night, and ^bwine inflame them!

   Strong drink ...aka coffee, tea, alcohol.  

 18 Wo unto them that draw iniquity with cords of ^avanity, and sin as it were with a cart rope;

     Okay, I looked up cart rope and they are very strong ropes.  When we sin we are binding ourselves to Satan.  Here the Lord is warning against being vain and sinning because it binds us very strongly to Satan.

20 Wo unto them that ^acall ^bevil good, and good evil, that put ^cdarkness for light, and light for darkness, that put bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter!

 21 Wo unto the ^awise in their own eyes and ^bprudent in their own sight!

 22 Wo unto the mighty to drink ^awine, and men of strength to mingle strong drink;

 23 Who justify the wicked for ^areward, and take away the righteousness of the righteous from him!

But what is the outcome of turning away from the Lord's Woes (Warnings)? :

 24 Therefore, as the ^afire devoureth the ^bstubble, and the flame consumeth the ^cchaff, their ^droot shall be rottenness, and their blossoms shall go up as dust; because they have cast away the law of the Lord of Hosts, and ^edespised the word of the Holy One of Israel.

     The most interesting part to this verse is when it says "their root shall be rottenness".  The roots of a plant serve to nourish and anchor the plant, as it reaches out and grabs nutrients and water from the earth.    Imagine your spirit now being like the root of your body.  When the spirit is not fed and anchored, the rest will die and fall.  The Lord doesn't want that to happen, that is why He sends warnings.  He  loves us.

This weekend we bought a car!!  Here we are introducing our black Vincent to our new silver Lucille.  My husband and I reflected a lot about how the we have been wanting a car for so long but every time we went shopping, the Lord always guided us not to buy the car.  If we would have bought a car the other times we looked we would have gone into farther debt than we already were.  Because we listened to the Lord's Wo, warning us not to get a car we were able to pay off our other debts and over time save up and buy a car this weekend with cash!!  My husband and I are so so so thankful we tuned to the Lord in this decision and that He takes care of us and prospers us in the.land.

Love,
     Becky joy