Amulek

When Alma and Amulek taught the people of Ammonihah, the unbelievers became so enraged that they burned all of the scriptures and cast into the fire the wives and children of all of the believers and made Alma and Amulek watch. Amulek was particularly disturbed by this and asked Alma if they could stretch forth their hands and use the power of God to put a stop to this madness. Amulek was a citizen of Ammonihah. He was also one of the believers. It seems likely that he had a wife and children. Thus, it follows that not only was Amulek watching burn the woman and children he had preached the gospel to, but also his own wife and children. After their whole ordeal in Ammonihah was over, "Now as I said, Alma having seen all these things, therefore he took Amulek and came over to the land of Zarahemla, and took him to his own house, and did administer unto him in his tribulations, and strengthened him in the Lord." (Alma 15:18). One of the covenants that we make at baptism is to mourn with those that mourn and comfort those that stand in need of comfort. That's what Alma was doing for Amulek. I mean, Amulek wasn't hugely behind Job in terms of suffering. His father and extended family turned on him, it's likely that his wife and children were burned before his eyes, he'd been stripped naked and imprisoned and starved and beaten, he had to forsake all of his wealth and his reputation and his home. But he still had his friend Alma, a friend who was willing to grieve with him, to administer to him, to strengthen him in the Lord. We get some pretty heavy burdens placed on our backs sometimes and of course we can always turn to the Savior to help lighten the load, but it's always nice when someone we can actually physically see comes over to help us carry our burden for a while.