morning thoughts

I was actually reading about Nephi returning with his brothers to get wives to go with them, but as I let youtube continue uninterrupted the algorithm was allowed to play whatever and Book of Mormon videos ensued while I was crocheting away, but, I started to think alot about one thing, the things Lehi told his family before he died. Among those things was the way to know the time alotted for man to germinate in full was coming, or in other words Jesus was returning for good. And, among those signs he spoke of many things that led my mind down many paths. I truly love the book of Mormon if only because I have those words. Lehi is a great man!

I wonder what it would be like to be Joseph Smith and know that Lehi was talking about him, and that he was kin to native Americans,  but likely no suprise to him, but it was prophesied about his being sort of imprisoned, etc. Joseph Smith likely had alot of things on his mind,  but I supposed he might be a bit piqued of interest to hear prophesy about himself. 

Next I thought about the object lesson the missionaries gave about the strength of the book of Mormon. And, how i had promised the young women in Gallatin, TN and I currently can testify again, that there is a protecting power not just in the knowledge that comes as a result of daily study, but it brings what seem to be unrelated blessings to a life if they read and ponder it's pages.

It is related to the hemisphere of our brains that innately seem to know things. Like the way, people in a coma wake up speaking a language fluently that conciously they had never learned. I notice it daily as I play the piano, then realize that I don't even know what I am playing. Or that I cannot actually simultaneously hear and follow multiple parts at once.