omni 1: 1 - 11
what do you learn from these verses? why do you feel it was important that they be included in the book of mormon?
--> i've found an interesting comparison between chemish and others who have written on the plates as part of keeping the record. see if you can feel the difference between these 3 attitudes towards the sacred opportunity to write in the plates:
chemish: omni 1:9 "now i, chemish, write what few things i write in the same book with my brother; for behold, i saw the last which he wrote, that he wrote it with his own hand; and he wrote it in the day that he delivered them unto me. and after this manner we keep the records, for it is according to the commandments of our fathers. and i make an end."
moroni: moroni 1:4 "wherefore, i write a few more things, contrary to that which i had supposed; for i had supposed not to have written any more; but i write a few more things, that perhaps they may be of worth unto my brethren, the lamanites, in some future day, according to the will of the Lord."
and how about nephi: 2 nephi 25:23 "for we labor diligently to write, to persuade our children, and also our brethren to believe in Christ, and to be reconciled to God..."
i feel like this is a life lesson to each of us, that whatever the task at hand, whether great or small, seemingly un-doable or insignificant, the attitude with which we face it will determine the effect it can/will have on those that come after us.
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