Lehi and his family were traveling in the woods towards the promised land. As anyone who has ever been in the woods knows, everything looks exactly the same. Who knows what direction one is supposed to go. The Lord promised to take Lehi and his family to the promised land, and he fulfilled the means of doing that by providing this family with the Liahona. The Liahona was a little golden sphere with spindles on it that provided the direction that Lehi and his family were supposed to go while traveling. It was basically like a magic compass that doesn’t point north, but instead points the way to the fertile parts of the land and ultimately how to get to the promised land. I’m sure all of us would love a compass with such awesome capabilities, and the truth is, we have one.
Today in our lives we struggle knowing what to do at times. We have to pick out what we want to study in school. We have to pick our career, our spouse, where to live, etc. We make many important choices in life, and sometimes we wish we had a guide like the Liahona to help us. A loving Heavenly Father has provided us, his children, something called the Holy Ghost, who gives us guidance as the Liahona did for Lehi and his family. The Lord desperately wants to help us get to the promised land of Eternal Life, and he has given us a great gift to find the right way. But as with Lehi, this guide only works according to our diligence in heeding to it’s words. If we choose to ignore what the Holy Ghost tells us, the guidance will begin to dwindle. But as we are worthy and seek to follow the Holy Ghost, we will find that we will be guided to the promised land.
As the Last Blog entry, I’ve created a survey, and I would appreciate any responses. The survey is a short questionnaire on some of your feelings about the Book of Mormon.
Here is the link.
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