More Prophecies

So Nephi having a great desire to see what his father saw gets to see it beginning in 1 Nephi 11. What would it be like to be Nephi? I wonder sometimes. He must have had a heart of gold with righteous desires. Verse 2 the Spirit asks Nephi, "Behold, what desirest thou?" If an angel appeared to you, what you anwser back? I don't know, but I imagine I would say something like, "more money so we could live comfortably." Isn't that awful. That is because I sometimes struggle with remembering the eternal perspective of our lives. If I would stop just thinking about my mortal life and what I need or desire right now I think my desires would be much more righteous. However, if my answer was going to be money I am thinking the angel wouldn't come to visit me because I wouldn't have the righteous desires as Nephi did. Oh, so much to improve on...SO MUCH!

Oh, and for those of you who noticed that missed posting yesterday...I did. I managed my time poorly and was talking on the phone with my sister until late and my husband went to bed before I got off. Our computer is in our bedroom and I didn't feel right about typing away and waking him up just because I managed my time poorly. I will not do that again! I should have not taken a nap when everyone else did and should have typed at that time. Sorry!

So back to the scriptures, the Spirit says to Nephi a little later in verse 6, "...the Spirit cried with a loud voice, saying: Hosanna to the Lord, the most high God; for he is God over all the earth, yea, even above all. And blessed art thou, Nephi, because thou believest in the Son of the most high God; wherefore, thou shalt behold the things which thou hast desired." How amazing would that feel to recieve that sort of positive reinforcement for our desires. I want to think and ponder today about the reinforcements I have been given by the Spirit and really dwell on those to hopefully strengthen me. It is good to recognize how Heavenly Father treats us and communicates with us. It should tell us alot about how we should be treating our children and communicating with them. Heavenly Father really gives us so much freedom with our decisions, but He guides us and lovingly rewards us or reinforces our good works. I really want to do that more with my children. It is a struggle for me I think. I sometimes panick that I am not interfering enough with how they interact with other people and in turn I think I make it worse! I would give more trust and faith I think it would go better.

I have to take off for now, but expect more later today.