Scripture moments

So, I don't always have the mushy thoughts that my wife does. And I have a little more focus than my kids. But tonight, I'm planning on talking about something interesting I picked up on earlier.

I was sitting on the couch reading the scriptures, and while I was in the book of Mosiah, I was reading about Abinidi. That guy was cool. Most everyone has seen the picture of him chained up in front of King Noah with the jaguars and the grapes and the evil priests, but, tonight while I was reading it, I picked up on a couple of little insights and tidbits that I hadn't seen in the past.

First: I knew that Abinidi came to the people and was run off. That was kinda  mean thing for the Lamanites to do. But, at this time, Noah has put a bounty out on Abinidi's head. I was always under the impression that Abinidi came back reletively soon. I was wrong. It was a space of about two years before he came back to the city. There was plenty of time for Noah to cool off and plenty of time for people to forget about the bounty on Abinidi's head.

Second: I have read this story a few times, but I hadn't really paid very close attention to it. Either way, I knew that Abinidi had preached something to Noah and the priests, but I never paid much attention to what. It was the Ten Commandments. Go figure. That's what I get for not paying attention.

Anyways, I thought that was cool.

About this time, while the priests are getting ready to haul Abinidi off and he stops them with threats of a smiting, this is where the Arnold freeburg picture with the jaguars hits my head. I thought that the picture was kinda nice and it DOES fit the story quite nicely.

Anyways, that was my journey in the book of Mosiah tonight. I know most people probably don't care, but it entertained me and I got a kick out of it.

Anyways, lets see, what else is going on...

Uhm, Hayden refusues to sleep. He just whines about not wanting to sleep each night. But, then, 9.7 minutes later, he's passed out. But that 9.7 minutes really sucks.

Oh yeah, I'm trying to get an up to date temple reccomend. I know of one or two people that aren't big fan(s) of the idea. But, thats between me that the person(s) in question. Either way, I'm looking at making a trip to the temple in the near future. I'm thinking of hitting the Seattle temple. So far, it's my favorite.

Wife: If you are reading this, the offer for you to come with me is still on the table. ::rose::.

And now, just because I can't have a post with out some sort of non-sensical gibberish.

I LIKE SOUP!