# Alma 29

*Simple English*

### Alma’s Wish

I wish I were an angel. I wish I could travel everywhere and speak with God’s powerful voice. I would tell everyone to turn away from their sins. I would tell every person about God’s plan to save them. I would tell them to turn from their sins and come to our God. Then there would be no more sadness anywhere on earth.

### Learning to Be Content

But I am just a man. It is wrong for me to wish for this. I should be happy with what the Lord has given me. I should not want to change God’s plan. He is fair and just. I know that God gives people what they want. If they want death, they will get death. If they want life, they will get life. God lets people choose. He makes decisions that cannot be changed. People can choose to be saved or to be destroyed. Everyone can choose between good and evil. If someone does not know the difference between good and evil, they are innocent. But if someone knows good from evil, God gives them what they want. They can choose good or evil, life or death, happiness or guilt.

I know these things. So why should I want more than what God has called me to do? Why should I want to be an angel who speaks to everyone on earth? The Lord gives every nation people who can teach in their own language. He wisely gives them what he knows they should have. So the Lord makes wise choices. He does what is fair and right.

### Alma’s Joy in His Work

I know what the Lord has told me to do, and I am proud of it. I am not proud of myself. I am proud of what the Lord asked me to do. My greatest joy is that I might help someone turn away from their sins. That makes me happy. When I see many of my brothers and sisters truly sorry for their sins and coming to the Lord their God, I feel great joy. Then I remember what the Lord has done for me. He heard my prayer. I remember how he showed me mercy. I also remember when my ancestors were trapped. I know for sure that the Lord saved them. That is when he started his church. The Lord God, the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, saved them. I have always remembered when my ancestors were trapped. The same God who saved them from the Egyptians saved them. That same God started his church among them. That same God called me to teach his word to these people. He has helped me do well, and that makes me very happy.

### Joy in His Brothers’ Success

But I am not just happy about my own work. I am even happier because my brothers who went to the land of Nephi have also done well.

They have worked very hard. They have helped many people. Their reward will be great. When I think about how well my brothers have done, I feel so much joy. It almost feels like my spirit leaves my body.

I pray that God will let my brothers sit in the Kingdom of God. I also pray for all the people they helped. I pray that they will stay there forever and praise him. May God make this happen just as I have asked. Amen.

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*Source: [The Book of Mormon](https://bookofmormon.com/simple/alma/29)*
