byJohn Bytheway, excerpted from "Finding Your Path in Lehi's Dream"
And it came to pass that they did come forth, and commence in the path which led to the tree. And it came to pass that there arose a mist of darkness; yea, even an exceedingly great mist of darkness, insomuch that they who had commenced in the path did lose their way, that they wandered off and were lost. —1 Nephi 8:22–23 It's only 32 verses, but it's a life-changer—an unforgettable and highly applicable metaphor. We call it Lehi's dream. The basic elements of the dream are: the tree of life, the rod of iron, the mists of darkness, and the ominious great and spacious building. With very little effort, we can identify things that happen to us every day that remind us of the dream—light and darkness, love and contention, agency and bondage, purity and filthiness, peer pressure and steadfastness, happiness and misery. It's all here. All of life fits into this metaphor. Here are a few thoughts about the mist of darkness and how we can navigate it in our lives today.
http://www.ldsliving.com/The-Mist-of-Darkness-Insights-from-John-Bytheway/s/89137
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