A couple of things I came away with tonight from just a few verses in this chapter. . .
The first is the simplicity of discerning between good and bad. Alma compares the word of God to a seed. If you give room for that seed to grow within you, you will quickly know whether it comes from God or some other source. If it is good it will grow and enlarge the soul and enlighten the mind. If it is bad it wont grow at all and will be of no worth.
This is where faith is really starting to take form; you recognize the good and are willing to do whatever it takes to hold on to that and build on it.
The second thing is how a seed only brings forth "unto its own likeness." Good, wholesome music, good books, good, kind language, and so forth . . . these things only lead to . . . well, good! The lead to things of their own "likeness." When we surround ourselves with good things, we can only expect good things to happen.
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