The Things We Carry...

I had another thought as I've been reading (sorry I'm a little post-happy so far).

When the Lord commands Lehi to take his family and get the heck out of Dodge (k, Jerusalem), Lehi did. period. He was this wealthy established guy and at the drop of a hat, he just left. It says in 1 Nephi 2:4, "he left his house, and the land of his inheritance, and his gold, and his silver, and his precious things, and took nothing with him, save it were his family, and provisions, and tents, and departed into the wilderness". It seems like that shows what you really value, what you leave and what you take with you. Lehi obviously valued his family, but all of his worldly wealth, he just left. And later, the boys go back to get the scriptures because they need the gospel with them, so that is also what he valued.

Maybe this is too obvious for a discussion, but what would we take with us into the wilderness and what could we leave? Are we living our lives that way now--that what we would take with us is what we put the most emphasis on now? I don't know. Something to think about.