Scripture Thought
1 Nephi 6:1
I always find the start of this chapter interesting. We have just learned about the end of a trying mission. The Brass Plates have been recovered. We learn that Lehi spent a great deal of time studying them, searching them, teaching them, and striving to apply them to his life. Yet, at this point Nephi informs us that he will not record the genealogies of his father on these plates. Why? Because they are already recorded.
It is my understanding that the plates of Lehi were translated. Yet we do not have them. His genealogies were recorded there. I understand them to be the 116 lost pages of the Book of Mormon.
If we look at 2 Nephi, it is 117 pages long in fine print. How big do you think the plates of Lehi were? I always wonder what was learned by the Prophet Joseph Smith and his scribes from those plates. How much of his life did he go into detail about? We learn very little about him as we view him from the eyes of hi son. I always wonder what more we would have learned about him if we had been able to see those plates. What other mysteries would be revealed to us.
As I ponder these things, I am reminded how very important it is to record something about who you are. Leave your history. Write about what you are thinking, what you do, how you do it, and what you understand. It is just another way to leave an impression upon your children.
I always find the start of this chapter interesting. We have just learned about the end of a trying mission. The Brass Plates have been recovered. We learn that Lehi spent a great deal of time studying them, searching them, teaching them, and striving to apply them to his life. Yet, at this point Nephi informs us that he will not record the genealogies of his father on these plates. Why? Because they are already recorded.
It is my understanding that the plates of Lehi were translated. Yet we do not have them. His genealogies were recorded there. I understand them to be the 116 lost pages of the Book of Mormon.
If we look at 2 Nephi, it is 117 pages long in fine print. How big do you think the plates of Lehi were? I always wonder what was learned by the Prophet Joseph Smith and his scribes from those plates. How much of his life did he go into detail about? We learn very little about him as we view him from the eyes of hi son. I always wonder what more we would have learned about him if we had been able to see those plates. What other mysteries would be revealed to us.
As I ponder these things, I am reminded how very important it is to record something about who you are. Leave your history. Write about what you are thinking, what you do, how you do it, and what you understand. It is just another way to leave an impression upon your children.
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