Chapter 29: In the Midst of Affliction
Moments away from being sacrificed by heathen priests is severe affliction. Abraham wrote: “As they lifted up their hands upon me, that they might offer me up and take away my life, behold, I lifted up my voice unto the Lord my God, and the Lord hearkened and heard, and he filled me with the vision of the Almighty, and the angel of his presence stood by me, and immediately unloosed my bands” ( Abraham1:15-16 ). Leaving your home and riches and thinking your sons are dead in the wilderness is severe affliction. This was Sariah’s situation when she called her husband “a visionary man.” Lehi responded by buoying her faith, reminding her that indeed he had seen “the things of God” and knew of God’s goodness. He assured her: “I know that the Lord will deliver my sons… and bring them down again unto us in the wilderness.” Little did they know that a miraculous moment of reunion was just over the horizon. Sariah...