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Monday, February 13, 2012
One of my biggest personal challenges is to remain positive and faithful when the world seems so wicked and so many people are being led astray. It was interesting to me as we read 2Nephi:4 in Sunday School that this was the same passage that I had been studying the previous week. Nephi begins a psalm-like discourse in verse 17 when he laments over his own sins and weaknesses. The part that was most meaningful to me was in verses 27-29 where Nephi talks about the evil one destroying his peace and afflicting his soul. He asks why he is angry because of his enemies. He mentions that his strength is slackened because of his enemies and tells his heart to rejoice. I realize that it is a tool of Satan to try to make us discouraged about the wickedness of the world. It must have been especially hard for Nephi because his enemies were his brothers and other family members. There is much good in the world, also, and it is important that we try to rejoice and remain faithful and positive.
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I was thinking the same thing as I was looking at some of the stories on the news tonight. As Isaiah said, "wo unto them that call evil good and good evil." We are certainly seeing that in our day. It's heartening to know that even Nephi got down because of evil, but I hope we can follow his counsel to realize there is much to rejoice about.
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