I have begun reading The Book Of Mormon again recently and today I read something I never noticed before. In 1 Nephi 19:2 Nephi is telling us that he made plate from ore and then began to keep a record of his people. THEN the Lord commands him to keep the record, but to include the spiritual aspect in it so his people, and everyone else who reads it, will be brought to Christ.
Did I ever know that Nephi was keeping a record BEFORE the commandment came to him to do that?
Then, he was inspired to do something that the Lord would later command him to do, before he was ever commanded. I see this in my life right now.
No, I am not keeping a journal that will scripture someday--Oh, I hope not!
We are making some improvement to the structure we want to utilize for organizing Girls' Camps in the future. The process of identifying and adjusting has only shown us that some ward YW groups were already making similar adjustments on their own, and now we are just asking everyone to do it.
They were inspired to do something that we are formally going to ask them to do. Just like Nephi.
Crazy, how the scriptures you read can take on different meanings--or the meanings are made more clear to you--as the situations you encounter demand. You've gotta love the Spirit for stuff like that! I know I do!
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