Monday, June 2, 2014

1 Nephi 2






When catastrophes strike, our perspective really changes.  In the case of Lehi, his life was in danger, so the Lord commanded him to leave his city and to take the most important thing with him.  What is the most important thing?  The Lord told Lehi to take his family with him.  Michael Novak wrote, “One unforgettable law has been learned painfully through all the oppressions, disasters, and injustices of the last thousand years:  if things go well with the family, life is worth living; when the family falters life falls apart.” (“The Family Out of Favor, “Harper’s Magazine 252, no. 1511 (1 April 1976), 38.)  Lehi was a man of means, indeed he was a wealthy man.  When he left his city he left behind all his material goods and only took with him his family, food and shelter.  Hopefully, we can direct our perspective to the most important things without being forced by disaster to do so.

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