Heavenly Father is such a wonderful parent and teaches us
his children with love and patience. I love the example given in Ether where
the brother of Jared came to the Lord and asked how they might have light in
the barges. The Lord had given him explicit instructions how to build the
barges but when the brother of Jared can to ask about this simple thing. The
Lord answered, “What will ye that I should do that ye may have light in your
vessels?” (Ether 2:23)
The brother of Jared must have thought about it a great deal.
The Lord had said they could not have windows for they would be dashed to pieces
and fire would be too dangerous. Then he figured out what to do. He went up
into the mountain and molten out of rock one stones (or hard round objects) for
each vessel. The stones were transparent like glass. Perhaps the brother of
Jared had seen the light of Christ as he prayed. In any case he understood that
the Lord is light, and if he could touch each stone it would be filled with
light. (Ether chapter 3:1-6)
The Lord did not give him a task too hard for him and he
even told him what would not work like any loving teacher or parent. Can we
apply this to our lives?
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