1Nephi 1-15

Dad and I listened to the first 15 chapters of 1st Nephi on our trip to Utah this week. I was interested in a few ideas that came to me. First, I was thinking about how little material wealth matters in the long run. Lehi and his family left everything they had and traveled in the wilderness in order to be obedient. In an effort to get the plates, the brothers brought all their gold and silver to Laban. They took all they had as far as material wealth and lost it but they obtained a greater treasure... the plates that had their genealogy and the commandments. I have also been thinking about Lehi's vision of the iron rod. When Nephi was shown the same vision, he explained that Lehi had not noticed that the river was filled with filthy water. I think that we get so busy sometimes and so distracted that we miss very obvious dangers in our lives. It is such a blessing to have loved ones and church leaders who can help us see things we might have missed.