I absolutely LOVE, love, LOVE 1 Nephi 3:7. It is truly inspiring to me and I think you will agree with me in a minute after you read this scripture:
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.So little bit of background information. Lehi (Nephi's father) was told by the Lord to flee out of Jerusalem because of persecution and threats on his life. His family gets far into the wilderness when the Lord tells him to send Nephi, Laman, Lemuel and Sam back to Jerusalem to retrieve the brass plates. Laman and Lemuel were extremely opposed to this plan. They knew their life would be in danger. But Nephi says this to his father instead of murmuring. He knew his life was in danger but he had faith that if the Lord commanded him to go somewhere, he wasn't going to allow him to be murdered in vain. I love this commitment so much.
Tonight at Stake Conference, Elder Ringwood spoke to us. He asked us all who our Book of Mormon hero was. And the first thing that came to my mind was actually Nephi and this scripture. He is my hero and my inspiration. I can't wait to get to heaven and meet Nephi. To get to talk to him and get to know him. It would be wonderful to be friends with him. To have Sunday evening dinner with him and his wife. AMAZING!!
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