Letter to the Class

Image Class,  Mosiah 3:19 says, "For the natural man is an enemy to God, and has been from the fall of Adam, and will be, forever and ever, unless he yields to the enticings of the Holy Spirit, and putteth off the natural man and becometh a saint through the atonement of Christ the Lord, and becometh as a child, submissive, meek, humble, patient, full of love, willing to submit to all things which the Lord seeth fit to inflict upon him, even as a child doth submit to his father." The story starts with the gathering of the people of Benjamin. I believe it was a holiday and dedication and ordination of his son to the kingdom of Benjamin. The people pointed their tent doors to the temple and the audience was so big the talk was written and handed around. Benjamin made an effort to show his personal service to his people. He showed that the government was upon his shoulders and he had tried to show tremendous effort to show that he would show God that he had tried to

Image One thing that Enos teaches us is conversion doesn't come because your dad is prophet. The callings of parents do not change the children. We as parents need to strengthen our children. Enos was a kid first and the son of a prophet second. All of the prayers and fasting and church going hadn't changed him. That had to come from within. Enos was strengthen by a godly parents. I, as a parent, while studying realized that I cannot convert my children to the Gospel no matter how much I try. Their conversion must come from within. All I can do is show how happy I am in the Gospel; show them that reading, fasting, and praying makes me happy. Children learn through mimicry. All I can do is take them to the water (Spirit) I cannot make them drink.  Once Enos was converted in his prayers he reached out to God in prayer. The Atonement had taken root and had begun to grow within his heart. It is curious that he prayed for himself, his friends and family, countrymen, then

Image Family tree can be compared to a vineyard. In my family alone, there has been all all the experiences, love loss, moves, winters, storms and harvests. Chapter 5 of Jacob uses prune, dung, digged, grafted, nurished, burned frequently in the chapter, and of course quoting a prophet from the brass plates. Now the chapter could be an aligory or proverb. I thought of the two ways you could look at the chapter, prophecy and how we as a people are being directed and lead by the Lord collectively.  For me though, I look at the chapter at a personal level. How has God prune me; dung me: digged me; grafted me; nurished me; or burned me? My life has seen, surgeries, friends come and go, moves, marriages, funerals, blessings and callings. He has asked me to put away sin and do it no more. These changes were nessisary. What's still a marvel, He isn't done.  The garden is an olive garden (yes I see the pun). We use olives to provide nourishment, medicine, light and blessing

image Labor in sin what does it mean? Perhaps the Nephites had got so busy in life that the Savior was a afterthought. Life had become about work, the house, the vast amount of acquisitions. Jacob even mentions women as a trophy that the men wanted, wives and concubines, but we'll discuss that later. The first point that Jacob is simple hatred that the two people had foreacother between the sons of Lehi. Because God has changed the Lamanites from the Nephites, the difference was a catalyst for racism and bigotry, because over time one generation had become ignorant in unrighteous. Brothers and sisters, it took one generation to undo the teachings of Lehi to his children. How precious the gospel is and how precious our children are. We must be sure to teach them that those who do not have the gospel are more prone to vallue stuff over people. The subtle depleted value leads to bigotry and racism. Nephites we're starting to show it in their lifestyles through clothes