Is Alma explaining to Shiblon why he was allowed to be disfigured? Alma 38:7

Is Alma explaining to Shiblon why he was allowed to be disfigured? Alma 38

Alma shares some details of his conversion experience with Shiblon, including how he was in the "gall of bitterness" for three days, until he cried out to Jesus Christ for mercy. He describes how the only way he was able to obtain peace was through reaching out to the Savior, and then testifies that he knows Jesus Christ is the only way that mankind can be saved.

If Shiblon was disfigured or harmed in some other way by the stoning he experienced earlier, perhaps the words that his father is sharing here have multiple layers of meaning. Perhaps they are more than just sharing the message of Jesus Christ's redemptive power in a general way; maybe the message has a more personal intention and meaning. Maybe we, as readers many centuries later, can apply both the general and the personal meanings to our own lives, causing these passages to be more valuable.