I have been looking at war in a different way lately. This quote from Spencer W. Kimball struck me when I heard it today and I wanted to share it here ( June 1976 First Presidency Message ): "In spite of our delight in defining ourselves as modern, and our tendency to think we possess a sophistication that no people in the past ever had—in spite of these things, we are, on the whole, an idolatrous people—a condition most repugnant to the Lord. "We are a warlike people, easily distracted from our assignment of preparing for the coming of the Lord. When enemies rise up, we commit vast resources to the fabrication of gods of stone and steel—ships, planes, missiles, fortifications—and depend on them for protection and deliverance. When threatened, we become antienemy instead of pro-kingdom of God; we train a man in the art of war and call him a patriot, thus, in the manner of Satan’s counterfeit of true patriotism, perverting the Savior’s teaching: "'Lov...
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Your quote reminded me of this scripture. I love this scripture. The Brother of Jared had "faith no longer, for he knew, nothing doubting".
We need to have faith, we need to live by faith. We need to draw close of God in so much that maybe one day we too will have faith no longer because we will know for certain.
Don't know if this is what you meant, but this is what I saw. :)
The thoughts I had when I read my quote was that Heavenly Father loves us so much that He has given us a pathway so we can be like him. He wants us to be one with him just like Jesus Christ is one with Him. It is possible for us to do that because of the sacrifice Jesus Christ made. How can you not realize the pure love Heavenly Father has for us when we read the scriptures and realize all that He has blessed us with? It is possible to be like Christ and that's what Heavenly Father wants us to strive to do.