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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