“my father, Lehi, comfort my mother…”
-I wonder
if she became comforted? Did Lehi’s
testimony bring peace to her soul? There
is peace in a declaration of truth. When
we have an understanding (definitely better than the world at large) of truth
we should be more filled with peace.
-Truth: an understanding of truth will be accompanied
by peace. This is true for the
individual as well as for the community.
“while we
journeyed up to … Jerusalem.”
-perhaps
it is just a coincidence of word tense, but if taken as written, we must
suppose that Sariah’s faith waned early.
Her concern and subsequent murmuring began even as her sons were still
journeying up to Jerusalem. This means
that she did not lose faith because the boys were slow or delayed in their
return, but because of a more fundamental lack of confidence in the Lord and
her husband’s position (as spokesperson for the Lord).
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