First Book of Nephi

Noah and I finished the first book of Nephi this morning.  It was exciting to see that we are getting somewhere.  He loves chapters 3-5 where it tells about the story of Laban getting his head chopped off (as Noah would say) by Nephi so that he can obtain the plates.  Nephi must have been one great man, because I couldn't have done that even if I was told by the spirit.  It also makes me think just how important it really was that Nephi was to get these plates, because it wasn't an everyday occurrence where the spirit tells you to kill someone, let alone him being a ruler.

I'm amazed by how many visions Nephi and his father Lehi had.  The vision of the tree of life always seems to stick out.  Nephi and his family traveled in the wilderness with no food for their families.  All they had was a bow & an arrow and stones & slings.  Nephi's bow breaks and so they don't have food.  He makes himself a bow out of wood and a stick for his arrow.  Nephi built a boat and his brothers rebeled against him.  They tied him up and great storms came, and because of their wickedness, the compass stopped working.  His brothers repented and so they cut him free, because of this the liahona worked again.

Nephi was a righteous man with great faith.  I really enjoyed reading first Nephi.  Hopefully Noah continues to enjoy reading with me.

Scripture Study.

While I was sitting and listening to our last General Conference, what really stood out to me was how much we need to be teaching our children, so our children will be ready for the obstacles they will be faced with in their lives. It was as if I wasn't already having family pray or family home evening with my family, it was the fact that I haven't been having scripture study with my kids.

While growing up, my mom showed us the importance of daily scripture study. She would always read to us kids while we ate our breakfast before heading off to school. I know now that eventhough I hated sitting there and listening to my mom read something that I never really understood, that her hard work payed off and because of her hard work I know that it has made me a better person than what I would have been without it. Realizing that, I know that it is important to read to my kids and hopefully they will recognize how important daily scripture study is.

Let me just tell you how much Noah can understand. We have been reading the Book of Mormon together for the last month now, and he just is something else when it comes to knowing exactly what is going on. I sometimes think that he really is not my kid, I mean how can he be. When I was his age, it was just a bunch story's that didn't make sense and words that I couldn't even pronounce. Noah really is the exception.

I really enjoy reading to my kids and taking turns reading with Noah. I hope that I can continue reading with my kids, so they can gain a testimony of the scriptures and get to know who their savior is