Thankful for...
A clean kitchen. It takes time for me to clean everything up after dinner, but I sure appreciate going to bed with a clean kitchen.
Study time...
We figuratively speak about being in bondage and rescued by the Lord, or I guess I should say we speak about spiritually being in bondage, then being rescued by our Savior. Mosiah 22 and 24 talk about being in the the bondage.
Limhi's people were in bondage, these were people that lived under King Noah's rule, hadn't heard, or chose not to follow Alma. After Noah is burned in the wilderness his son takes over. Limhi, to save the lives of his people agrees to give the L half of everything they possess/make.
After the little misunderstanding I previously spoke about, things were somewhat peaceful, then the L just get bored and I'm sure figure they aren't utilizing their situation right!? They start treating Limhi's people more like slaves.
Apparently just giving half of their all wasn't enough to humble these people. Now they are really being oppressed and have essentially given up, given into the bondage.
21:14 - And they did ahumble themselves even in the depths of humility; and they did cry mightily to God; yea, even all the day long did they cry unto their God that he would bdeliver them out of their afflictions.
15 And now the Lord was aslow to hear their cry because of their iniquities; nevertheless the Lord did hear their bcries, and began to soften the hearts of the Lamanites that they began to ease their burdens; yet the Lord did not see fit to deliver them out of bondage.
What does the Lord do next? Maybe a test to see how much they really mean what they cry to him. Ammon stumbles upon them. When they find out who he is they are accepting. Their hearts are tender and he shares the gospel with them. They accept! They want to be baptized, but no one has the authority. They passed the test!
What happens next? The Lord delivers them from bondage. The Lord delivered them physically after they had changed spiritually. We see this time and again.
They were delivered in spirit as they chose to partake of the atonement. He took it a step farther and physically freed them from the Lamanites.
What things am I enslaved to? What things keep me in bondage? The Lord doesn't just heal and free us spiritually, it crosses over into the physical realm quite literally. Our physicality changes after our spirit changes.Photo...
E loves his puzzles. We had puzzle time just the two of us while O was at preschool.
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