Stripling Warriors

We have heard of the word stripling as way to describe the young sons of the Anti-Nephi-Lehies. For a long time I thought it meant strong or warrior. It turns out that stripling means young boy. In fact, when I looked it up in a dictionary it gave an example of stripling being used in a sentence with the word mere before it as an adjective. Just so we understand, the stripling warriors were like a bunch of deacons, teachers and priests going up against the seasoned lamanite warriors to fight to the death.

They are a great example to us because of their amazing faith. It is hard to imagine having that much faith when you are going up against all odds. But these young boys knew they had God on their side and they knew that with His help they would win. 

Although this is a relatively well-known story, I don't think we put in the amount of study that it deserves. It is more than a good story to tell young Primary kids. It is something we should emulate every day in our own lives as we go to fight battles against enemies even more deadly than the lamanite warriors. 

We need the kind of faith that the young stripling warriors had. Like these warriors had their moms to teach them in the ways of the Lord, we too have parents and leaders to help us understand better the commandments of God. 

May we all do our best to emulate these faithful young stripling warriors as we wage our own battles against the evils of today.