BOM 2 Nephi 7

Last updated on: January 25, 2016 at 10:07 pm

January 25, 2016 by Dan Peterson

Timpanogos at sunset — Mount Timpanogos
(Wikimedia Commons; click to enlarge)
I’ve seen this mountain most every day that I’ve been in Utah. That’s irrelevant to this post, of course, but it’s still a pretty photograph. I love Alpenglühen or Alpineglow; I loved it when I lived in Interlaken, Switzerland, and saw it on the Jungfrau. I love it when I see it here.

I’ve always loved the first verse of Isaiah 50, which is also the first verse of today’s reading, 2 Nephi 7.

Here, the Lord addresses wayward Israel as his children, pointing out they remain his children. He hasn’t divorced their mother or disowned or repudiated them.

Any estrangement that exists is their doing, resulting from their choice. Which surely implies that, if they seek reconciliation, he will be there, ready and willing to accept them again.

It’s a powerful image.

And it remains as true for us, to the extent that we stray, as it was for them.