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!!!!