In chapter 6 of Mormon, he witnesses the utter destruction of the majority of his people. He watches their absolute slaughter by the hand of the Laminites. However, here at the beginning of Mormon chapter 7 Mormon begins to speak to the Laminites who are left, and out of an absolute love that he has for them, the people who just destroyed his own people, Mormon teaches the Laminites about who they are and the blessings that can be theirs as they come to repent. These are blessings that can come to us as well as we follow Mormon's counsel.