*Disclaimer* As I study the scriptures, little thoughts and questions fill my mind. Think of this post as a bit of a book report on the associated verses, telling what I got from them. Especially as I try to imagine what Laman and Lemuel were thinking. Really, who could know what these guys thought? This is in no way a pronouncement of Church doctrine. I'm just a girl trying to increase my understanding. ;) I read a little of 2 Nephi chapter 10 in the Book of Mormon this morning as my scripture study. Verses 20 and 21 really caught my eye: 20 And now, my beloved brethren, seeing that our merciful God has given us so great knowledge concerning these things, let us remember him, and lay aside our sins, and not hang down our heads, for we are not cast off; nevertheless, we have been driven out of the land of our inheritance; but we have been led to a better land, for the Lord has made the sea our path, and we are upon an isle of the sea. 21 But great are the promises