So this week for my Book of Mormon class I'm posting on the blog again! This week we read 2 Nephi 9-16 and what stood out to me was the scripture mastery! 2 Nephi 9:28-29 says, "O that cunning plan of the evil one! O the vainness, and the frailties, and the foolishness of men! When they are learned they think they are wise, and they hearken notunto the counsel of God, for they set it aside, supposing they know of themselves, wherefore, their wisdom is foolishness and it profiteth them not. And they shall perish. But to be learned is good if they hearken unto the counsels of God." For me, these verses just show that you can have all the knowledge in the world, but unless you "hearken unto the counsels of God," your wisdom is "foolishness." We need to dedicate our lives to God, and give Him all that we have. Without Him, we wouldn't be here. We owe everything to Him. Just a little thought for the week.

So I'm writing another blogpost for my Book of Mormon online class at BYU-I, and this week I decided that I want to post about Christ remembering us. A lot of the times I'm sure some of you feel forgotten or not important. But it says it in the scriptures! God is always with us and He will always remember us. Whenever you are in a time of need, you can call on Him and HE WILL BE THERE. In 1 Nephi 21:15-16 it says, "For can a woman forget her sucking child, that she should not have compassion on the son of her womb? Yea, they may forget, yet will I not forget thee, O house of Israel. Behold, I have graven thee upon the palms of my hands; thy walls are continually before me." So like He says! He won't forget us, we won't be left out, and we are as important to Him as we are to a woman with her child. Don't ever think you are forgotten. He is always remembering you.

FDREL121 - To Be Like Nephi

So I'm writing this blog entry for a class assignment, but I'm actually interested in what we're learning. We just began talking about 1 Nephi. I love the faith that Nephi shows to the Lord. Honestly, if I were in his place I don't know if I could do what he does. He was put in a tricky spot, but clearly showed his faith. Now I'm not saying I would be a Laman or Lemuel, because they were pretty annoying. They complained about leaving their stuff, their home, and everything that was in Jerusalem. I probably would have complained a little too, but not to this level. I think they had such a lack of faith that it caused them to be so annoying.
I think we can all learn from Nephi, and try to be faithful like him. Richard C. Edgley gave a fantastic talk that I encourage you all to read. It was about choosing to have faith. Just like how you can choose to be optimistic about a situation, you can choose to have faith in our Savior, and let that faith grow.
I know this church is true, and I know that I can return to my Heavenly Father. I am so grateful for the level of faith I have right now, and so grateful for my relationship with my Father in Heaven.

https://www.lds.org/general-conference/2010/10/faith-the-choice-is-yours?lang=eng&query=faith