Forgive Others and the Lord will Forgive You

We live in a time and world that will pick apart everything that a person says or writes, often in the interest of destroying people. In a world where the greatest ability is to tear down you competitors in order to raise one's personal status. As identified later, this indicates a lack of charity. You make mistakes, I make mistakes, we would do well to be kind to each other.

The Nephites, especially Moroni himself, says he has no great gift for writing. He was shown that there would be many detractors that would dismiss his words out-of-hand given the use of a wrong word or another.

Ether 12

35 Wherefore, I know by this thing which thou hast said, that if the Gentiles have not charity, because of our weakness, that thou wilt prove them, and take away their talent, yea, even that which they have received, and give unto them who shall have more abundantly.

36 And it came to pass that I prayed unto the Lord that he would give unto the Gentiles grace, that they might have charity.

37 And it came to pass that the Lord said unto me: If they have not charity it mattereth not unto thee, thou hast been faithful; wherefore, thy garments shall be made clean. And because thou hast seen thy weakness thou shalt be made strong, even unto the sitting down in the place which I have prepared in the mansions of my Father.

There are several situations in which the Lord highlighted in New Testament the idea that if one doesn't "dig a pit" for your neighbor or give them the same consideration you would hope for from others, the Lord will forgive one of their shortcomings as well.

Moroni was talking about those who reject the Book of Mormon over poor writing. Those how are looking for offense can certainly find such in the work of men who are trying to convey spiritual concepts for which they sometimes lacked words to describe to satisfaction. Grace is plead for and grace would forgive something akin to bad grammar and not taking the opportunity to vilify, which our times are most apt to do.  Moroni saw us and our doings, so he knew that his writing weakness would be used against the Book of Mormon as sacred scripture.

Note that the Lord doesn't fault Moroni for his weakness and promises him a fine reward for his efforts. The general lack of charity these days (I think the use of charity in this situation can be applied broadly as it is used in other scriptures) will not be visited on the writer, but on those who reject the writing. God works through men and giving those men given "a break" in doing their service to the Lord will be rewarded with not only a break from Christ, but rewards that any of us should expect from a God that sees into our hearts and doesn't damn us for our stylistic weaknesses.

God is kind, and we all should be to each other.  Everyone deserves a break.