And it came to pass that they did humble themselves before the Lord; insomuch that I had joy and great hopes of them, that they would walk in the paths of righteousness.
Discussion
Here we have Nephi talking about his knucklehead brothers Laman and Lemuel. He has just spoken many hard truths to them until the point of them humbling themselves. I think the most interesting piece of this scripture is where Nephi says "...I had joy and great hopes of them, that they would walk in the paths of righteousness."
Despite all the hard hearts and stiffneckedness of his brothers, he still has faith in them. Time and time again they murmur against him and the Lord, heck, they go on to do 2-3 more times before the end of this chapter, even to the point of murderous intent. Yet Nephi is hopeful. I think this says a lot about him and his faith in the gospel's power to change the hearts of others.
The real question is, do we have that same faith as we work with those around us who appear to be struggling or even murmuring?
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