I'm in Ether 10-11 in The Book of Mormon today. It is easy to skim over these kind of chapters that cover generations and many decades in a matter of a few verses. He begat him, who begat him...etc.
In my attempt at trying to learn from these seemingly uneventful scriptures, a line that I kept reading over and over, finally caught my attention.
Ether 10:17 'And it came to pass that _______ did that which was good in the sight of the Lord all his days; and he begat...'
This time it was a 'Corom'. We don't know much about Corom, other than who his father was and who his son was. He only got one verse in the whole book. Yet, he 'did that which was good in the sight of the Lord all his days...' and for that, he will have an eternal increase, just like all those faithful prophets in the scriptures who have chapters dedicated to their service.
My father once shared with me an analogy of how he views himself. If building the kingdom was likened unto building a pyramid or structure, he envisions himself being one of those many 'invisible' workers, quietly carrying bricks for the building.
I guess we all can't be the architects or the supervisors, but that is the beauty of God's plan. We don't have to be! Even my 'Nursery Assisting' efforts can qualify me!
Hey we have a RS challenge to read Ether this month and they gave us all these reading supplements to help. There was a section from 'Lehi in the desert and the world of the Jaredites' by Hugh Nibley in our reading which was really interesting about where the Jaredites actually came from and what peoples they are like. They are very similar to those of Asiatic lands where even though the King is kept in captivity he is allowed to have children who eventually try to avenge their father etc really interesting. Of course I found out Martin has the entire book in his library which was cool but yeah I was reading those very same chapters this morning! Cool huh!
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