{"id":2138,"date":"2009-09-25T07:02:21","date_gmt":"2009-09-25T14:02:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ourthoughts.ca\/?p=2138"},"modified":"2009-09-24T20:25:21","modified_gmt":"2009-09-25T03:25:21","slug":"enlarge-the-wounds-of-those-are-already-wounded","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ourthoughts.ca\/2009\/09\/25\/enlarge-the-wounds-of-those-are-already-wounded\/","title":{"rendered":"Enlarge the wounds of those are already wounded"},"content":{"rendered":"
Earlier this week, I was reading in Jacob 2, and I came across something I thought was poignant.<\/p>\n
Jacob was teaching the Nephites in the temple. The record is unclear whether this was a regular occurrence, or if this was a specific occasion when Jacob had called everyone together.<\/p>\n
In verses 15 and 16 of Jacob 1, we learn that the Nephites\u00c2\u00a0\u00e2\u20ac\u0153began<\/em> to grow hard in their hearts,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d \u00e2\u20ac\u0153indulge themselves somewhat<\/em> in wicked practices,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d \u00e2\u20ac\u0153began<\/em> to search much\u00c2\u00a0gold and silver, and began<\/em> to be lifted up somewhat<\/em> in pride.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p>\n I found this interesting in itself. Jacob wasn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t concerned for the Nephites because they were hard in their hearts, indulged in wicked practices, searched for gold and silver, and were lifted up in pride. He was concerned they were starting to do these things.<\/p>\n In verse 7 of chapter 2, Jacob says that he grieves to have to rebuke the fathers\/husbands in front of their wives and children.<\/p>\n In verse 8, he suggests that many of the women and children had come hoping \u00e2\u20ac\u0153to hear the pleasing\u00c2\u00a0word of God; the word which healeth the wounded soul.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d Presumably, many of them had wounded hearts that needed healing.<\/p>\n Despite this, according to verse 9, God gave specific instruction to Jacob to not \u00e2\u20ac\u0153[console] and [heal] their wounds\u00e2\u20ac\u009d or allow them to \u00e2\u20ac\u0153[feast] upon the pleasing word of God.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d Rather he was\u00c2\u00a0\u00e2\u20ac\u0153to\u00c2\u00a0admonish [the men],\u00e2\u20ac\u009d \u00e2\u20ac\u0153to enlarge the wounds of those who are already wounded,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d and to place daggers \u00e2\u20ac\u009dto pierce [the] souls and wound [the] delicate minds\u00e2\u20ac\u009d of\u00c2\u00a0those who have not been wounded.<\/p>\n What a burden indeed.<\/p>\n Who, in their right mind, would rather enlarge the wounds of the wounded rather than offer them healing? Who would rather pierce the souls of the unwounded than allow them to feast on the pleasing word of God?<\/p>\n I can just imagine Jacob pacing his bedroom the night before grieving at this great and burdensome task (see verse 10).<\/p>\n I do not envy the role of the prophet.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Earlier this week, I was reading in Jacob 2, and I came across something I thought was poignant. Jacob was … Continue reading Enlarge the wounds of those are already wounded<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2138","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"\n