Wednesday, September 9, 2009

More from 15

In 1 Nephi 15:11 Nephi says to his brothers, "Do ye not remember the things which the Lord hath said? If ye will not harden your hearts , and ask me in faith, believing that ye shall receive, with diligence in keeping my commandments, surely these things shall be made known unto you." I didn't realize before how often the Lord tells us that he will reveal things to us, or make things known, or show us the mysteries of God, we just need to be faithful, obedient and we need to ask. We just need to make sure we are asking the right things, the things we are supposed to ask. Its another puzzling area to me, because I am not quite sure how one knows what to ask. I think it is an area where we need to be one with the Lord, we need to seek His will and then we will know what to ask and what to do. I sometimes feel like I ask or the same thing on a daily basis, help with how I am with my children, ask for good health, joy and happiness. What should I really be asking though. Probably more specifics, what I should be doing to be a missionary, who I should be helping or serving, how to give peace to another...those are probably more along the lines of what I should be asking, and maybe even more testimony building questions so that my faith grows.

After this Nephi goes on to explain about Lehi's comparison of the House of Israel to the olive tree. This is what Laman and Lemuel were not understanding, but because Nephi has inquired of Lord to know these things he understood what his father had said. In verse 20 Laman and Lemuel were pacified by Nephi's speaking and they humbled themselves. The rest of the chapter is of them asking questions and Nephi giving them answers. I thought it was interesting that it was AFTER they humbled themselves that they began to ask questions instead of arguing. It is a lesson to me that if I am arguing with someone I maybe need to stop, be more humble and begin asking questions about what I am not understanding. Taht would help communication and to keep the spirit of contention out of my life more.

When I read I had more thoughts, I remember thinking more, but since I didn't post while I was reading the thoughts have left me. That should teach me to be better at saving a time to post while I read. I really like chapter 15, I think there is a lot to learn in this chapter. Its one that I feel like I will get something really important everytime I read it.

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