Jacob 2

He talks about knowing their thoughts, and at the beginning of the chapter it talks about that it will be about not seeking for riches. And what I felt impressed is that we need to be careful about comparing and saying our house is nicer. It’s okay to want a nice house, it’s the comparison that is the danger. Like when I am happy that I like my stuff better than someone elses, furniture, etc.

The wife and children reference in verse 7 comes to my mind every conference lately when they talk about pornography. That must be so difficult and embarrassing and hard when you know others will hear. It must be so important to those speakers, as Jacob explains this is to him.

When he talks about being proud and lifted up because of costly apparel because we think we are better, I know we do that. I know I do that. That’s how I feel about people we call white-trash, or pisas, or people that are homeless, or beggars.  I know I’ve been taught this by the Spirit before. My prayer is to have a softened heart, and to remember what I am feeling and know I need to change. There’s that remember word.

The greater iniquity they had committed than the Lamanites was how they were treating their families. Breaking the hearts of their wives and losing the confidence of their children was worse that rebelling against the prophet and trying to kill the saints. It is so important to take care of our family and keep those covenants to them.