--- On Mon, 3/16/09, Corrine Christison wrote:
> From: Corrine Christison
> Subject: mass email
> To: tc8lunch@yahoo.com
> Date: Monday, March 16, 2009, 11:44 AM
> HERMANAS Y HERMANOS!
>
> okay... so no, im not on a spanish speaking mission.. i
> just read the spanish book of mormon on my pday because it
> helps me understand the book of mormon in different ways
> than just reading the english one. for example... today i
> was reading 1 nephi chapter 4. it is the story in the book
> of mormon about nephi going back to get the plates from
> laban. in verse 6 it says " i was led by the spirit,
> not knowing beforehand the things which i should do".
> how when i read that verse in english i understand it to
> mean that nephi didnt know the future (and i always far away
> future). and not knowing beforehand means to me that he just
> didnt know, but he went anyways. for some reason, as i was
> reading that in spanish the word for beforehand was
> "antemano" which literally means before (ante)
> hand (mano). and it hit me, nephi didnt know anything!! ZIP!
> ZERO! ZILCH! there was a dark future ahead of him and he
> didnt even have a lantern to light his way but what did he
> do? he took one step forward. he ALLOWED the spirit to lead
> him. that is what we must do. this week especially, ive
> gained a testimony of how aware our heavenly father is of
> all his children- he knows where you are going to be, what
> you are going to do at a certain time of the day... so he
> leads people, sometimes missionaries, to where we need to be
> to touch those people. so i would invite you all to take
> Alma's counsel in alma 37:36-37 to "counsel with
> the lord in all thy doings" because ofttimes our future
> is as dark as nephi's was but nephi allowed the spirit
> to lead his life.... allow it to lead yours!
>
> from penfield,
> sister christison
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