Strengthening the weakness

I love reading the Book of Mormon, it is by far my favorite book. I'm so glad we are learning the Book of Mormon in primary, I love to teach it to my primary class. Right now I'm reading in Alma with captain Moroni (I know this was Mormon's favorite Nephite leader, why else would he have named his son Moroni?). In the chapters I just read, Amalikiah has taken over the Lamanites and is preparing them for war to take over the Nephites, he is very clever to take over the Lamanites and blind them to go to war. Captain Moroni on the other hand was preparing the Nephites for a war that is imminent. He prepares their minds in the ways of the Lord and in the fear of the Lord, he creates small forts of refuge for them and he fortifies the weakest parts of the land. As I thought of this it made me think of the war that we are in, we might not be fighting the battle now, but war with satan is imminent, he is preparing his armies to fight against us and we on the other hand can't sit back and just watch them prepare for war, we need to follow captain Moroni's example and do what we can to prepare to defend ourselves, our God and our families. I think of what the prophets have taught us in the last few years. #1: Keep the Sabbath day holy follows the idea that Moroni helped prepare the minds of the people in the ways and fear of the Lord. #2: Small forts, this is definitely the Temple of God, a place we can go to as a place of refuge from the war around us. We must find ourselves here often. #3: Fortifying the weakest part. Now this made me think...what are my weakest parts that need strengthening? This is different for each of us, for me it is being patient with my family. Showing an increase love at home with my children and with my husband. Satan is working hard to find our weakest areas and to destroy each of us and our faith by working on our weakness. I pray the Lord can help me see my weakness (I know I have many) and help me see how to strengthen them. As I continued in my study today, that is exactly where the Lamanites attacked, the weakest parts, but they had NO success, because they were prepared. The Nephites did still have to fight, and some had wounds, but no one died. Oh how I pray the Lord will help me strengthen my weakness!