Day 2: 1 Nephi chapters 5, 6, and 7

So I guess I got a chapter ahead yesterday. That was nice because I'm very sleepy this morning, and not sure that I got as much out of my reading as I might have with more sleep. But I'm being consistent, and I think that's important. 

Thoughts:

- Nephi's mom uses language in 1 Nephi 5:8 that is very similar to the language Nephi uses in the famous verse 1 Nephi 3:7 - "I know of a surety that the Lord hath ... given (my sons) power whereby they could accomplish the thing which the Lord hath commanded them." It's a tribute to the influence of motherhood. 

- the word "preserve" has now shown up a number of times (3:19-20; 5:14; 5:21). There seems to be a pattern that the Lord preserves the scriptures to preserve an individual so that individual can help preserve a family (parents and children).

- the idea that you need to be faithful in order to receive God's promise blessings showed up again today (7:12-13)

2013 Summer Book of Mormon Reading Effort

So, this summer I plan to read the entire Book of Mormon between tomorrow, May 30th through me and Jess' anniversary August 19th. 

This year I'm going to focus on studying about faith, repentance, baptism, the Holy Ghost, and enduring to the end. I have soft-back hard-copy of the Book that I'm going to mark with five different colors. Should be cool. 

I'll record daily on this blog my thoughts from the day's study. 

Ready, go!