2 nep 2

This chapter starts by Lehi talking to Jacob. He says e is his first norm in the wilderness and The Lord knows this and makes sure to let Jacob know that he was remembered and he was blessed

I love how this land was totally set aside for Lehi and Nephi and their families to come to be free!!!!

There is so much in ch 22 of 1 nep. Nephi is explaining to his brothers what Isaiah was saying in his scriptures. I love the end though where Nephi testifies that the words are true and that he and their father are not the only ones who think they are true. Almost telling them...look we are not the one crazy ones out there. There are so many more!  Hope that they would believe him and start to believe themselves. 

My God shall be my strength!  I love any scripture that says anything about Gid being my strength!  It is thru him and only Him that anything in my life takes place!  I know all things come from Him!!!

"There is no peace for the wicked!"  AMEN!

I am so thankful Nephi listened to The Lord. We now have the Book of Mormon!!! Nephi had no idea why he was writing it, The Lord jut told him to record the things about his people so he did!!  Thank you!

1 Nephi 18

I find it very interesting that when Lamen and Lemuel saw that THEIR lives were in danger, they let Nephi go. It was ultimately the power of God that saved them. Lucky for them, The Lord has bigger plans and He wasn't going to let everyone perish because of their actions. They made it to the promised land and right away started planting and building. I just wonder wht that would have been like,. To go to a brand new land?!  And start anew!!!

Lamen and Lemuel?!  I know I already posted about this, but my goodness why and how can they turn so fast!  They almost cost everyone their lives. Luckily, they did not. We just have to follow and trust in The Lord. Always. 

1 Nephi 18:2

Nephi went unto the mountain to pray to The Lord oft to see what He would h e him do to build the ship for he was building it after The Lords design not mans. We need to pattern our life after the lords design not after mans. We need to pray to The Lord often so we know what He would have us do. 

I just don't quite understand how Lamen and Lemuel can deny what they see and hear. They have seen so many angels and here they totally understand what Nephi is saying, but yet they fall. 

In the last verses of ch 17 we see that Nephi has read and studied the scriptures by the way he talks about the people of Egypt. We too need to know and love the scriptures and learn from then and apply them to our lives. 

1 Nephi 17:17

This verse where Lamen and Lemuel complain and murmur to Nephi about how he can't build a ship and how they don't think he was instructed of the Lord reminded me of the time I was MOVED to Utah because the Lord told me to do it. It was such a shocking thing for me to do.  To move like that, I wasn't even planning on it, but as I was praying one night, I remember so distinctly the thought that I should move to Utah!  And it felt so right...and so I did!  When I told people why I was going (The Lord told me so) I got some pretty funny looks!  They didn't think the Lord would instruct me to do that.  But He did and those two years in Utah really did help make me who I am today!

1nephi 17: 11-15

In these verses Nephi teaches us about if we keep the commandments we will prosper in the land. That is a very common theme throughout the entire Book of Mormon! The Lord will take care of us if we keep His commandments!  

1nephi 17: 11-15

In these verses Nephi teaches us about if we keep the commandments we will prosper in the land. That is a very common theme throughout the entire Book of Mormon! The Lord will take care of us if we keep His commandments!  

1 Nephi 17:4-10

During these verses Nephi shows how obedient he is!  The Lord commanded Him to go into the mountains and Nephi did!  The Lord commanded him to build a ship and Nephi didn't even question it....He just asked where he could go to get the supplies.  Nephi has such great faith!  He is such an example for us all.  We all need to just go and do when the Lord asks!!

1 Nephi 17:1-3

 1 And it came to pass that we did again take our journey in the wilderness; and we did travel nearly eastward from that time forth. And we did travel and ^awade through much affliction in the wilderness; and our ^bwomen did bear children in the wilderness.

 2 And so great were the ^ablessings of the Lord upon us, that while we did live upon ^braw ^cmeat in the wilderness, our women did give plenty of suck for their children, and were strong, yea, even like unto the men; and they began to bear their journeyings without murmurings.(I love this!  Most people would look at eating RAW meat as a serious trial.  And even though Nephi does recognize that they did have much affliction--they had GREAT blessings.  That even though they did live on raw meat, their women were blessed with much food for their children ane they were given much strength.  I am 6 months pregnant right now, and I know it would be a hard thing to travel or WALK in the wilderness for who knows how long...so I can tell that Nephi really does recognize the hand of the Lord in their lives!)

 3 And thus we see that the commandments of God must be fulfilled. And if it so be that the children of men keep the commandments of God he doth nourish them, and ^astrengthenthem, and provide means whereby they can accomplish the thing which he has commanded them; wherefore, he did ^bprovide means for us while we did sojourn in the wilderness.(Such a great testimony of Nephi!!!!)

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This verse is very interesting to me. In this verse we see that since the Ishmael dies, the daughters are complaining Bout the past present and future.  I think we tend to do this. When something goes wrong around ya we tend to throw things out of proportion.  We just need to take a breath and take care of one thing at a time!

1 Nephi 16: 17-33

Here we read the account of when Nephi broke his bow.  I always found this interesting, because the whole family gets upset about it, but Lamen and Lemuels' bows had already broken...why was it so devastating when Nephi broke his? Was his special? Or was it because his was the last working one?!  Why couldn't they figure out how to fix their bows...Nephi was the only one who figured out a solution to the problem.  I think I do this sometimes...I get very discouraged when one thing does not go the way it should.  And then I think the world is over and there is no hope!  Nephi teaches here that there is always a way!  We just have to find it. We have to figure out the solution!  And the Lord will bless us everytime!

1 Nephi 16:11-16

Here they ahve started on their journey into the wilderness.  They are following the direction of the Liahona.  And it says that the Liahona was leading them to the most fertile parts of the land.  When we follow the Lord He kleads us to the most FERTILE parts of the "land."  He blesses us and our lives are very good!

1 Nephi 16:9-10

The Lord is never done with us/  Once we have completed everything He has asked us to do, He continues to give us more.  We will continue to GROW this way!  =)  But, He will never leave us clueless...He will always give us a way to complete the task He has given us.  Here He has commanded them to go into the wilderness...so He gives them the Liahona!  It will direct them.  He has given us many things as well.  He has given us the scriptures...OUR personal Liahona.  We just need to read them and study them and pay attention to what He is trying to tell us!  The Lord loves us and only wants the best for us!

1 Nephi 16 cont.

After Nephi rebukes Lamen and Lemuel, they HUMBLE themselves before the Lord.  This made Nephi raelly happy.  And he had high hopes for his brothers.  I wonder how many times the Lord has had high hopes for me and then I let him down by doing something stupid.  Hopefully NOT too many times.  I hope to keep Him happy with me and that I am doing what I need to do.  I think I will feel this many times as a parent. And I know I haev experienced this as a teacher.  The student who doesn't try, doesn't try and then we have a heart to heart and he/she humbles themsleves and we set goals and we work things out and then I have such high hopes and they do so well for a couple of days, and then they start slipping into their bad habits again and my heart aches!  that must be how Heavenly Father feels.  I don't want his heart to break for me...I will try my best to be the best I can be!!!!

1 Nephi 16

I love here at the beginning there Lamen  and Lemuel were complaining because of what Nephi said. They didn't like if and said he spoke too hard of things. Then Nephi comes back with the wicked take these things to be hard. Ha ha!  Bsm!  Back in your face. 

Is there anything in my life that because of  the hardness of my heart I might perish?!  What can I improve on and how can I make it better. Something to think about. 

Tonight we listened to Elder Chrisstoffersons talk from conference. He spoke about women. He spoke about the Moral force of women. And how important it is for women to be a power for good. How it is our responsibility to raise the children and how the world looks down on the role of motherhood   We need to cherish it and value it. I know I do. I am so blessed to be at home with my boys each day. I am so blessed to be pregnant again and all is going well. I am so blessed to be a mom. Some days it is so  hard, and I am so tired. But my boys are my world and I love them so much. So glad I am here tonteach them and watch them grow. I love it. A

Have ye inquired?

Nephis brothers say they have not inquired of The Lord because He has not made it known unto them. We have to do out part first. We have to ask The Lord before He just gives us the answers. 

Gosh. That would be so hard for Nephi. To have seen what will happen. To know that his people will fall by the hands of his brethrens people and to see what his brethren are like. Especially right here because they did not inquire of The Lord and they are getting angry. Nephi calls it his afflictions. I would have to agree. 

1 Nephi 15

I love in the 2nd verse where it says Nephi returned to his brothers fighting. It made me think about the countless times I have returned from church or conference iornskne other spiritual gatherings to come home to reality!  We all have reality. It is our job to make our church reality our only reality!!!

1 Nephi

I wonder what else Nephi saw. He said he saw more and was forbidden to write anything else. And I wonder when we will know what all was seen. 

In this part of the chapter it mentions that the great and abominable church will spread through out the church. But it also said that the lords church sill so be spread around the earth. 

1 Nephi 14

At the beginning of this chapter the angel tells Nephi what will happen to those who do not hear ken unto The Lord. After reading those verses I know I need to flow the prophet, reads the scriptures, pray and many more things so I can return to my father in heaven some day.