Hey everyone,
I know, I know. I didn't get the third day out on the third day. I was at work all morning, and then I was in Orem all night. I really wasn't able to sit down and type out everything like I anticipated. But I'm doing it right now before I go to work. Hopefully I get everything for Day 4 ready for the next post today as well.
This is the selection we are reading today (or for Day 3): 1 Nephi 3-5
Here are the links to today's reading!
1 Nephi 3: http://www.lds.org/scriptures/bofm/1-ne/3?lang=eng
1 Nephi 4: http://www.lds.org/scriptures/bofm/1-ne/4?lang=eng
1 Nephi 5: http://www.lds.org/scriptures/bofm/1-ne/5?lang=eng
What to mark: 1 Nephi 3:7
{And it came to pass that I, Nephi, said unto my father: I will go and do the things which the Lord hath commanded, for I know that the Lord giveth no commandments unto the children of men, save he shall prepare a way for them that they may accomplish the thing which he commandeth them.}
"I have learned not to put question marks but to use exclamation points when calls are issued through inspired channels of priesthood government."
{Elder Russell M. Nelson}
Question to think about: Why did Laman and Lemuel murmur? Why did Nephi support his father? What determines whether you are a murmurer or a supporter of the Lord's work and His prophets?
This section of the Book of Mormon was always a section I liked reading when I was younger. It was a cool story about how Nephi was told to cut off some guys head, from all I knew. :) But it's interesting to watch and see how the scriptures change and mean completely different things, or you get very different inspirational thoughts from verses you never even really saw before. I have already really enjoyed this reading challenge. It's different every time I read it! I guess this was just the first time I really noticed that.
So to answer the question in the prompt, why did Laman and Lemuel murmur? I really think that if we were in that situation, if we had been taken away from an extremely comfortable home life and situation, taken away from friends and family, and went to go live in a tent in the wilderness for however long your dad decided, I think I probably would have murmured as well. Especially when they didn't really know why they were leaving, Laman and Lemuel probably had a hard time going without knowing what was coming, or why they left. That would be extremely hard!
Why did Nephi support his father? I think that Nephi was a very wise, strong man, and he knew that things of the Lord were more important than things of the world. In this view, I think that Nephi looked up to and really respected his father, because Nephi was also especially close to the Lord. He knew that whatever the Lord required of them, they needed to do it, no matter how hard or impossible the situation might seem.
What determines whether I'm a supporter or a murmurer? Well, I think that if we are given trials and we take them in stride, looking to the Lord in all things, and we are able to pass through and learn from our trials gracefully, always keeping the Spirit with us, we could be called a supporter of the Lord. I think if we are given trials or are told to do something, and we have a hard time with accepting reality, or maybe even complaining that our situation isn't perfect, and turning against the Lord, we could be called murmurers. This is a difficult thing to do, especially since we are given things to battle every day. Each day we are given chances to be known as supporters or murmurers. Let's try today to be known as supporters.
Day 3 of "Walking with the Savior":
"The more we fill our hearts and minds with the message of the risen Christ, the greater our desire is to follow Him and live His teachings" (Dieter F. Uchtdorf, "The Way of the Disciple", Ensign, May 2009, 75-78). There are numerous ways we can fill our hearts with feelings of love for our Savior such as: heartfelt prayer, pondering the words of our scriptures, studying the Savior's life, going to the temple with a seeking heart, reading the Ensign, spiritually uplifting music, reading books written by our prophets and general authorities, etc. When we do any of these things we cannot help but feel His presence in our lives.
Just for today: Which of the ways listed above will I use today to feel the love of Christ?
Keep reading! :)
Live. Love. Laugh. Grow.
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