Nephi has been praying to the Lord about His will for the entire family. The Lord wants the family to travel across the ocean in a boat built after the manner that Nephi will be shown. Nephi asks the Lord to show him a place to find ore so that tools can be made. And the Lord does. Nephi continues in some detail about how he accomplished this task. He starts by making a bellows from skins of beasts. This is for blowing his smelting fire. He strikes two stones together and makes a fire.
He takes a side note here and says that he and his family did not make much fire during their travel through the wilderness. They did not cook their meat and other food. The Lord said that He would make it "sweet" for them. What do you think that means? And, what about walking around in the dark at night? Nephi shares that the Lord said that He would be the light in the wilderness. Also, that He would guide them if they kept the commandments. There were times when the Lord had to chasten them for not keeping the commandments and I imagine that they were, at times, wandering some in the wilderness, like the Israelites of old. They knew that it was the Lord that cared for them and led them. Today, we must recognize that the Lord is the one who leads our lives, if we keep the commandments, and He cares for us, too.
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