Ep. 380: Doctrine & Covenants 121:26-33 Soft Hearts and Open Ears

My Scripture Streak

Summary

In this episode, you continue Doctrine & Covenants 121 with a focus on the Liberty Jail context and the Lord's response to suffering. You highlight the tenderness of "My son, peace be unto thy soul," explore "a small moment" through Isaiah 54, and connect scriptural endurance (Alma & Amulek; Job) to modern discipleship. You push back on the claim that suffering disproves God by framing agency, mortality, and resurrection hope. The episode closes with the Lord's firm warnings against persecuting His anointed and an invitation to respond to hostility with charity, not retribution.

Chapters

• 00:01 — Setting the Stage: Why D&C 121 is so studied

• 02:22 — "My son": The Lord's tender opening and promised peace

• 04:48 — "A Small Moment": Seeing trials against the scale of eternity

• 06:25 — Cross-Reference: Isaiah 54 and "great mercies will I gather thee"

• 08:10 — Faith Under Load: Why God sometimes "spots" then steps back

• 10:37 — Personal Story: An 8–9 hour illness and perspective

• 13:01 — Alma & Amulek: "How long shall we suffer?" and enduring well

• 15:25 — Endure It Well: Exaltation, friends standing by, and Job's measure

• 17:51 — The Lord's Justice: Hopes of the wicked melt like hoarfrost

• 19:30 — Brief Pause: Family moment; then back to the text

• 20:37 — When Wickedness Has Its Day: Staying on the winning team

• 22:17 — Debate Claim: "Suffering proves no God"—a gospel response

• 24:19 — State of the Soul: Alma 40 on paradise and prison

• 26:33 — Resurrection Hope: Why mortality's pains aren't the last word

• 28:45 — Agency, Love, and Becoming: What God wants us to learn

• 30:29 — Woes Pronounced: Lifting the heel against the Lord's anointed

• 30:39 — Consequences Listed: Emptied baskets, lost priesthood rights

• 32:59 — God Sees: Swift judgment in His due season

• 33:33 — Check Your Own Heart: Pointing fingers vs. repenting

• 35:15 — Closing Exhortation: Build in love; respond, don't react

Conclusion

D&C 121 reminds us that the Lord meets anguish with identity and peace: "My son… peace be unto thy soul." Trials are "but a small moment" when seen through covenant eyes and resurrection hope. Justice is the Lord's; disciples choose charity over retribution, faith over fear, and patient endurance over panic.

If today's study moved you, turn it into lived discipleship by making it small and simple—then keeping it alive. That's exactly what the MyStreaks app helps you do: set a laughably simple spiritual action (a daily verse, a prayer of gratitude, a moment of pure kindness), record it, and watch consistency reshape your soul over time. Open the app, start a "Scripture Today" or "Pray for Someone by Name" streak, and let the rhythm of daily devotion carry you through your own "small moments" toward great mercies. Keep going—one intentional act at a time.

Until next time, remember to have charity in traffic—and keep streaking the scriptures.