"And it came to pass that Nephi had become weary because of their iniquity; and he yielded up the judgment-seat, and took it upon him to preach the word of God all the remainder of his days, and his brother Lehi also, all the remainder of his days"
Helaman 5:4
The idea of being weary because of iniquity I feel like I get, but the quitting your job to preach full time because of it... that's a little bit harder. To me, it seems like that would just make him wearier, seeing it live and in person more often. ... Maybe though, the distance was the problem, and it was hard for him being in the judgement seat and not being able to do anything about it, so leaving that job he now could.
I think we can also get weary of our own iniquity, and perhaps that is good... it is an impetus to change, as long as we believe that is possible, of course. And here are the scriptures telling us stories about people changing right and left, including many that Nephi preached to. :) It is definitely possible. Today, let's work on making those changes, and becoming better than we are. Let's relieve that weariness because of iniquity and replace it with something more hopeful, having a determination to surface and stop drowning in our own past mistakes... breathing easy again because we trust that the Lord can help us find our way out of any mess we've gotten ourselves into, no matter how convoluted.
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