"Wherefore it came to pass that my father, Lehi, as he went forth prayed unto the Lard, yea, even with all his heart, in behalf of his people."
There is something about living in the gospel that I have yet to experience consistently. I think it comes back to being in the world but not of the world. Doing the everyday things is a surprisingly spiritual way.
From yesterday we understand that there was new management un Jerusalem and there was great prophesying of the city's destruction. I felt kind of embarrassed about it, but I actually looked up the word "wherefore." I just wasn't really sure if it was an actual 'because of this that this' kind of a thing and it turns out that it is! Makes this verse so much better to know that what comes next is actually in response to what he understands to be happening. The verse goes on to say that "as he went forth prayed unto the Lord." I think I always put another 'and' in there unnecessarily so that it became 'as he went forth and prayed unto the Lord.' So the difference is, that Lehi was just going forth. Going about his everyday business...and prayed to the Lord. I think that is cool.
The rest is pretty standard and I think what you would expect unless somebody wants to comment with something that I probably didn't think about. Lehi is going about his day-to-day praying (probably in his heart and not out loud) in behalf of his people. I would be really interested to know what it was like back then in a city where people didn't really pick up and move a really long distance away. Was it kind of like the small town that I grew up in where everyone was related to half the city and kind of knew everyone else? We already know that Lehi has lived his whole life in Jerusalem, so I think it is safe to say that he knew a lot of people that he loved and respected.
THE BIG THING: Lets try and live spiritually large every day of our lives, no matter what we are going about doing. Let's be involved in our communities so that we know and love our communities. We should be spiritually invested in this world and in its people even if they have some issues at the time. Lets just be good, yeah?
There is something about living in the gospel that I have yet to experience consistently. I think it comes back to being in the world but not of the world. Doing the everyday things is a surprisingly spiritual way.
From yesterday we understand that there was new management un Jerusalem and there was great prophesying of the city's destruction. I felt kind of embarrassed about it, but I actually looked up the word "wherefore." I just wasn't really sure if it was an actual 'because of this that this' kind of a thing and it turns out that it is! Makes this verse so much better to know that what comes next is actually in response to what he understands to be happening. The verse goes on to say that "as he went forth prayed unto the Lord." I think I always put another 'and' in there unnecessarily so that it became 'as he went forth and prayed unto the Lord.' So the difference is, that Lehi was just going forth. Going about his everyday business...and prayed to the Lord. I think that is cool.
The rest is pretty standard and I think what you would expect unless somebody wants to comment with something that I probably didn't think about. Lehi is going about his day-to-day praying (probably in his heart and not out loud) in behalf of his people. I would be really interested to know what it was like back then in a city where people didn't really pick up and move a really long distance away. Was it kind of like the small town that I grew up in where everyone was related to half the city and kind of knew everyone else? We already know that Lehi has lived his whole life in Jerusalem, so I think it is safe to say that he knew a lot of people that he loved and respected.
THE BIG THING: Lets try and live spiritually large every day of our lives, no matter what we are going about doing. Let's be involved in our communities so that we know and love our communities. We should be spiritually invested in this world and in its people even if they have some issues at the time. Lets just be good, yeah?
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