3 Nephi 8&9 The coming of Christ to the ancient Americas! Chapter 8 is full of the destruction of the people. The people (as usual) failed to heed the warnings of the prophets to repent and thus many people were destroyed. "And in one place they were heard to cry, saying: O that we had repented ^abefore this great and terrible day, and then would our brethren have been spared...And in another place they were heard to cry and mourn, saying: O that we had repented before this great and terrible day, and had not killed and stoned the prophets, and cast them out;...And thus were the howlings of the people great and terrible" (3 Nephi 8:24-25). What is it that we are procrastinating and leaving for that 'great and terrible day'? What ever it is STOP. Change and repent NOW so when that day comes instead of bemoaning your fate you can rejoice and praise God. To go along with that in 3 Nephi 9:2 it says "Wo, wo, wo unto this people; wo unto the inhabitants of the whole earth except they shall ^arepent; for the devil ^blaugheth, and his angels rejoice, because of the slain of the fair sons and daughters of my people; and it is because of their iniquity and abominations that they are fallen!" Instead of allowing Satan the 'pleasure' if you will, to rejoice in our down fall let Satan and his followers be the ones crying and moaning while we rejoice in our God. But this can only be if we use the Atonement daily and come unto our Savior "with full purpose of heart" (Jacob 6:5).
I love the scriptures! and I absolutely love being able to share that with everyone around me! If you are having a bad, hard, or not so awesome day turn to the scriptures and allow the words of our Heavenly Father to give you comfort, peace, and strength.