Foundation of faith.
I love reading the Book of Mormon this fast. I've never read it this way before and even after just 2 days, it's proving to be a great experience.
Laman and Lemuel could not understand the things their father was teaching them. They asked Nephi to help them with the teachings. Why is it that we can hear a truth or principal and still cannot understand it?
I love Nephi's answer. Ask the Lord and He will help you understand these things.
The brothers L&L, lacked faith. But they still wanted to understand the precious truths of the gospel. It's like they wanted to understand it with their worldly mind without consulting their faith. The Lord's truths simply cannot be understood without our faith.
How many times does this happen in my life?
When Ishmael died, some of his family had a hard time with it and blamed being out in the wilderness with Lehi and his family. They criticized Lehi (the prophet) and wanted to return to their homeland (which they had no idea was probably destroyed already!).
Sometimes I just think ~ go ahead and go back and see what will happen to you or see what has already happened to your home!!!! End of their story.
But the Lord has bigger plans and needed them to fulfill his plan of the promised land. The Lord already told Nephi exactly what was going to happen, how and who was involved.
Nephi's faith - completely astounding.
I want the faith of Nephi. Of course, his foundation of faith was solid. He worked on it. Not everyday but every second of every day. He didn't take a break. His whole life was engulfed in the Lord's work. He not only desired to know more, he asked the Lord to know more.
Great example of a foundation of faith.
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