2 Nephi 3:1

I don't usually do this, but it's been a while since I posted, and I wanted to jot down a quick thought on this scripture. This is Lehi writing to his son Joseph, just before he passes away in the subsequent chapters. The line "in the days of my greatest sorrow did thy mother bear thee."

Now, I could be totally wrong on this, but I believe that Lehi had Joseph (and also Jacob) in the wilderness, for the 8 years that the family was traveling en route to Bountiful. There was a brief time when even Lehi complained against the Lord, when Nephi broke their bows, and they were on the brink of starvation from not being able to hunt. Now, the profound part I think comes when he says that this was the time of his greatest sorrow (not that I can confirm that Joseph was born during exactly this time, but the possibility is there). It's the time when Lehi questioned his faith, when he complained against God, that he was the most miserable, despite the incredibly hard times that he would face from that time til the time that he would be writing this letter to Joseph. Sounds like a lesson I have learned, and keep on learning like every other day. Life is so much easier if we just do what God asks!