1 Nephi 8 & 9
I've probably said it before, but it bears repeating. The fact that I'm able to have relative consistency in reading my scriptures has less to do with how spiritual I am and a lot more to do with “it's my season”. When I'm with the grandchildren, it is very difficult to get the quiet time it takes to ponder and have something to write about – much less have the time to do so. I still read; I just don't pontificate.
I was alone with nothing to do but read nearly all day on Friday afternoon as I waited for Clyde, Tyson, Tanner and Jacob to come to the cabin to work the next day. This gave me some amazing time. I had downloaded deseretbook.com and it came with several free books – one of which was Joseph Smith's biography by his mother, Lucy Mack Smith. What a treasure! How ironic that I am in the portion of the Book of Mormon where I had just read Lehi's vision of the tree of life. I'm sure I would have noticed it anyway, but both Lucy Mack Smith and her husband, Joseph, had very similar dreams as well. This was news to me. Their dreams were guided by a messenger, just as it was when Lehi was shown the same vision. One really wonders just how many people who have not received the gospel yet have had similar dreams. I'm sure it is many.
This morning as I read Nephi's explanation of the two books he was to call Nephi, my mind went to the account of the Jaradites in Ether as he explained the things he wrote on the book that was lost in the 116 pages of manuscript. It was a history of the reign of kings, their wars and contentions. I thought that was an interesting comparison.
How blessed I am to have the Book of Mormon to guide my life. What do I gain from reading daily? Some days it is just a comparison, as it has been this weekend. Always it is the satisfaction that I have pleased my Heavenly Father, which also pleases me. Daily it is a drop of oil that strengthens my resolve to do what I have covenanted to do and prepares me for a coming day.
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