Day 95

I read 1st Nephi chapter 19 today. I remember having a scripture mastery in that chapter. We remembered it by reciting to our seminary teacher, "First Nephi Ninteen! Scripture likening!" And ever since then it's stuck.

I actually looked up that chapter because it referenced the word "kindness". I wanted to read about that today, and the index lead me to that chapter. The whole chapter was full of a lot of little things that I was glad to be reminded of, and also some new things were brought to light. A lot of underlining was done.

A couple verses that really caught my attention were verses 6-7. Nephi wrote "Nevertheless, I do not write anything upon plates save it be that I think it to be sacred." I really liked that, because there's nothing in these scriptures that aren't important to know. Well, except for maybe the Songs of Solomon. But Joseph Smith had it revealed to him that those weren't inspired writings. Anyways, it was nice to be reminded that everything contained in these books I own were sacred according to ancient prophets, which means they are still sacred today.

As I moved onto verse 7, I liked how he told us that some things that he finds sacred, others laugh at and do not care about. We all have felt that way, and it made me sad to know that Nephi wrote these words because they were so important to him, he wanted to share them with everyone he could, even us in this day. He compared his words to Christ, that even Christ and his teachings would be trampled under the feet of men. How can people do that? Not care about Christ? But it's so easy to give off the impression that we don't care when we don't live by his words. It brought new things to light in my mind, made me realize that I should always try my best to show that I care about Christ, that I'm not being ignorant in his teachings.