Here's a verse that stood out to me the other day; Lehi and his family are traveling through the wilderness and they come to the Red Sea, and they see rivers emptying into it, and this is what Nephi records:
9 And when my father saw that the waters of the river emptied into the fountain of the Red Sea, he spake unto Laman, saying: O that thou mightest be like unto this river, continually running into the fountain of all righteousness!
If i were to think about a fountain of righteousness, I would probably visualize the fountain flowing into me, like me being in the right place to receive revelation or something. But Lehi looks at it a different way, saying that Laman should be like the water flowing into the fountain. I guess Laman's problem wasn't being in the right place, considering his Dad was the Prophet. His problem was that he wasn't searching for righteousness, he was OK with letting himself be dragged along, but he wasn't willing to diligently seek the Lord. I'm probably the same way a lot of the time.
Friday, September 25, 2009
Friday, September 18, 2009
Ahem
Welcome, my friend, and thank you for taking a gander. I know what you're thinking. Following the link to this blog has already been worth it, I had you at welcome.
But now we get to this real reason we're here: to share some of the awesomeness that is the Book of Mormon.
I was just reading in 1 Nephi chapter 1 and something stood out to me that I felt like talking about. First of all, I just want to point out that this chapter has it all: pillars of fire, prophecies about a city being destroyed, mocking, stonings, and one miraculous vision.
The vision is the thing that stood out to me, because of this: Lehi sees in this vision God, the Father, and then he sees Jesus Christ coming down to him along with His twelve apostles, and what does the Savior do when he gets to Lehi? He hands him a book. And he reads, and is amazed, and if you want to read just how much he's affected by it, look at verse 14.
It seems to me that being handed a book by the Savior could be a disappointing climax to an incredible vision. Is it possible that if you were in that situation you wouldn't appreciate that gift? If you haven't developed a deep love and respect for the knowledge and Spirit that can come from a book I think you'd feel like "is this it?". What better place to realize how incredible a book can be then by reading the Book of Mormon? If you still take it for granted, you probably aren't ready for all that the Savior wants to share with you.
I love the Book of Mormon, and I'm looking forward to read through it from the beginning again. I feel like I've only scratched the surface.
But now we get to this real reason we're here: to share some of the awesomeness that is the Book of Mormon.
I was just reading in 1 Nephi chapter 1 and something stood out to me that I felt like talking about. First of all, I just want to point out that this chapter has it all: pillars of fire, prophecies about a city being destroyed, mocking, stonings, and one miraculous vision.
The vision is the thing that stood out to me, because of this: Lehi sees in this vision God, the Father, and then he sees Jesus Christ coming down to him along with His twelve apostles, and what does the Savior do when he gets to Lehi? He hands him a book. And he reads, and is amazed, and if you want to read just how much he's affected by it, look at verse 14.
It seems to me that being handed a book by the Savior could be a disappointing climax to an incredible vision. Is it possible that if you were in that situation you wouldn't appreciate that gift? If you haven't developed a deep love and respect for the knowledge and Spirit that can come from a book I think you'd feel like "is this it?". What better place to realize how incredible a book can be then by reading the Book of Mormon? If you still take it for granted, you probably aren't ready for all that the Savior wants to share with you.
I love the Book of Mormon, and I'm looking forward to read through it from the beginning again. I feel like I've only scratched the surface.
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