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Acting in faith

 For members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, there's a well-known story in the book of 1 Nephi chapter 3.  Just prior to this, the prophet Lehi left Jerusalem with his family because the wicked people in the city were going to kill him. In chapter 3, Lehi tells his four sons that God has instructed them to return to the city to get their family history and scriptures (which were engraved on brass plates) from a powerful man named Laban. The scriptures are needed because the Lord is going to lead the group to a new land. Nephi's two oldest brothers, Laman and Lemuel, don't want to go. We don't know all the reasons why, only that they said it as a "hard thing" that they're being asked to do. My guess is they know the reputation of Laban and don't know how they'll be able to convince him to give them the brass plates. We don't really know what the third son's (his name was Sam) response was. But it probably wasn't like

Faith is Wrought

 Most of my scripture study over the past few months has been centered around faith. I've re-read certain chapters dozens of times, gleaning new insights and understanding as I've written my thoughts down in a thought-journal. I don't write in the journal as frequently as I should, but I still have over 20 full-size pages. Here's one day's entry.