August 12–18 ❘ Captain Moroni

Captain Moroni

Every good stratagem depends
on accurate intelligence.

Understand your enemy—
brazen idol gilded in grievance,
bold avenger of ancient wrongs,
blatant fraud from the beginning,
father of bluster and accusation,
wager of eternal extinction.

Understand your friend—
transgressor once racked and harrowed,
now cleansed and clear-sighted,
humble servant who divests power
to labor in vineyard and rescue
diseased trees.

Understand yourself—
tempered intellect stirred
by burning indignation,
determined doer of the necessary,
firm resister of iniquity,
heartsore seeker for peace.

Understand the mission—
not simply to win battle or war,
but to grip hell’s crumbling corners,
shake its foundation to pieces,
and blow the fragments
from human hearts forever.

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