Battling Ourselves

Photo by Elena Schevardo

This week for Pathway the General Studies class was on family relationships while the Book of Mormon class was on Mosiah 27 through Alma 7.

It's interesting to me to realize that the recording of the Book of Mormon started from family relationships.  If Laman and Lemuel had better relationships with their parents and siblings would there have been such a long, bitter, struggle between these family branches?

Family relationships are a common element in the scriptures.  Cain and Abel, Abraham and Isaac, and even how God is our Heavenly Father.

I remember when The Family Proclamation was read aloud in services in 1995.  I've remembered thinking "duh" when it was read and wondering why it needed to be so formally stated.  Much like other revelation and prophecy it wasn't until much later that the need for this proclamation became apparent.