Lesson 8 Essays - Nephi, Son Of Lehi, Latter Day Saint Movement

Lesson 8 Five Minute Talk Submission Activity Pat Young Nov. 3, 2017 Introduction about myself. I am an convent to the Church at an early age. My next door neighbor invited my sister and I to Church. I started attending the Church by going to what we c all today, Young Men or Young Women. I was there with my older sister at the time, Juanita. We loved going to Church. My mom found out about Seminary and decided that if we loved this Church so much. We should start attending Seminary in the early mornings. I had a very faithful neighbor that would give my sister and I a ride to Seminary each morning. My mom found out again about Church on Sundays. She again wanted us to start attending that as well. We did. Each Sunday we would get up and go to Sunday School. Then, in the after noon return to Church for what was called Sacrament meeting. We were attending pretty much everything you could go to by this time. This went on for over four months, when I started to ask "How do you join this Church?" Much, to the surprise to the people in t he Ward. They had thought we were members. They had no idea that we were not members already. The Ward missionaries at the time were surprised that we were coming to Church, attend Seminary and Young Women's. The only thing we had not done was to read the Book of Mormon before we started our discussions with the full-time missionaries. We started to read the Book of Mormon and we were both baptized on Feb. 9, 1973. On that day I will not forget and a day that helped me understand a very powerful scripture in 1 Nephi 3:7. "I,Nephi,saiduntomyfather:IwillgoanddothethingswhichtheLordhathcommanded,forIknowthattheLordgivethnocommandmentsuntothechildrenofmen,saveheshallprepareawayforthemthattheymayaccomplishthethingwhichhecommandeththem"(1Ne.3:7). IfeelthatscripturehasgreatsignificanceforeveryoneintheChurch,nomatterwhathisor her callingmightbe.ExperiencehastaughtmethattheLorddoespreparethewayifwearediligentandfaithfulindoingourpart. ThewisdomofElderRussellM.Nelsonhasalsobeenhelpful,forhetaughtthatwearenotcalledtopositionsofleadershipforwhatwearebutforwhatwemaybecome.Ihavealotof"becoming"todotobeabletoservetheLordashewouldhavemedo. Another scripture that I would like to reference is in 1 Nephi 3:15 But, behold, I said unto them that "As the Lord liveth, and as we live, we will not go down unto our father in the wilderness until we have accomplished the thing which the lord hath commanded us. (1 Ne. 3:15 ). I love this scripture of Nephi telling his father that he will go and do the things that the Lord hath commanded them to do. But, also the second scripture confirms that Nephi was not going to go back to his father in the wilderness until he had done what he was sent there to do. I love how Nephi 's love for his earthly father was just as strong as his love for his Heavenly Father. He wanted to do that which he was commanded to do. I have been listening to a lot of General Authories talks lately along with others in the Church education al system. One talk that was very interesting to me was the one I heard recently by Stan Kivett , titled " Finishers Wanted. " Like Nephi we too need to be faithful, humble and help be example to others around us that we will finish the task that the Lord has asked us to do. So, as we face the challenges today, we need to remember Nephi's example that he would not go back until he had accomplish what his father needed him to do. My personal insight in reading the Book of Mormon makes me love that book each time I read it. The spirit and testimony of it is amazing to me each time. I love reading about Nephi as a son to step up and go the extra mile to accomplish his goals. Gives me strength to know, that I to can do the same no matter what calling, task or service I am asked to do. I will not return until I have done my best for my Heavenly Father. I say these things in the name of Jesus Christ, Amen.