When I read this, I pictured some of the people in Lehi's dream. Those that struggled and made it all the way to the tree of life, and then they saw the people in the great and spacious building laughing at them and mocking them. And they fell away because of that. They had it. The fruit of the tree. They had tated of the Love of God, but because they were ashamed to even be associated with that, they turned away from it and lost it. It is so easy to fall into that trap. As soon as we make right choices, Satan uses them against us. There will always be people that mock or belittle others, especially for being righteous.
This is why we need to band together and be there for each other, supporting and sustaining and strengthening those around us. If we do this, then we will learn that He is The Lord, and then we will not be ashamed.
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