Lachoneus is my favorite person in the Book of Mormon. For so many reasons. One stands out given a recent event. I was contacted by a company asking for payment on some bill from a year and a half ago. I was 85% certain I'd never agreed to what they were asking, but honestly couldn't rule it out completely. I did my research and looked up any possible record that I could find, and scoped out their company, but ultimately came to the conclusion they were phony. (I say I, but really mean we.)
The lesson to be learned from Lachoneus is this: if I had done justice to myself and been more organized, I wouldn't have had that nagging fear that I was wrong. He was a just man. Perhaps I am being liberal with that definition, but I feel like the effort to keep your life in order falls under that meaning.
When I think about how I would like to be--not a go-with-the-flow, oh-I-didn't-realize-that-was-important, I'll-get-to-that-later type of man, but rather a just man, one who isn't afraid of doing the right thing and doing it now--I see it in Lachoneus.
