Day 4 1 Nephi 19-22, 2 Nephi 1-2, D&C 13-16

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Originally Posted by KeithLBrown

Seanette said:
Anyone else running into any difficulties coinciding with the challenge?

Yes, believe it or not I fell a little behind myself, but should be all caught up tonight. Between work, Church responsibilities, and just plain being exhausted at night it can be a little challenging. The object is to keep pressing on. I tried reading last night and had to quit because I found myself fading in and out and reading sections over and over again. Satan is crafty though. As soon as I put the Scriptures aside and started to work on a couple of other small things before I went to bed, suddenly I was wide awake again. Anyone have any similar experiences?

I, too, have had that happen to me.

Sometimes I would get so frustrated about having to read a bunch of scriptures, that it stopped being pleasant to read, and I found I wasn't getting anything out of it. I asked the Lord what I should do about it. I was told to relax, to keep it up, and as soon as I was caught up in reading portions of the assignments to post here. Now I always get something out of what I am reading!

Speaking of which, I need to post here now about what I read. I love love love Second Nephi Chapter 2. I love how logical Lehi is. He lays it out and it makes sense. The Law of Opposition makes complete and total sense. How can there be a concept of evil of there isn't something to oppose it? How can there be the concept of love if there isn't anything to oppose it? How can there be nothing if there isn't something to show what nothing is? How many of us better appreciate sweetness after we've tasted something bitter? This can be literal using candies, or figurative.

I found it interesting that in the Doctrine & Covenants Sections 15 and 16 were the same, word for word except for the name. At first I was like, that's not very personal, but then I remembered that ofttimes siblings can be very similar and the specifics of how one goes about spreading the God's word will likely be different. To both of them, preaching the Gospel was of the most worth, but how and where and to who and when were very likely different between the two brothers.