(January 16, 2014)
I can understand why pride is such a toxic sin. After all, when you look at Laman and Lemuel, one of the most pernicious sins they deal with is their pride. It is this pride that won’t permit them to be instructed by their younger brother. It is this pride that has them second-guessing the Lord’s manifestations to them – they are converted when they see the angel, when they build the ship, and when they see the storm subside, but in time each of these manifestations is weakened or lost.
Contrast that to the humility of Nephi. One of the highlights of this chapter is Nephi describing the pain he is suffering from, but at the same time talking about how he would not murmur because of those afflictions. It takes a great deal of faith to praise the Lord in our afflictions, but it takes a great deal more humility for us to accept that the Lord allowing afflictions to befall us is for His purpose and we are humble enough to trust Him.
It falls, as always, for us to choose to be like Nephi or like Laman.
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