Nephi's mother Sariah is speaking in the above scripture. She had doubted her husband's calling as a prophet and had doubted her sons' deliverance, but when they arrived back at camp, her testimony was deepened of a God who can give power to help us accomplish His commandments.
Sometimes we are asked to do some tasks that seem larger than we are. Right after I had my first child I opted to become a stay-at-home mom. I quit my job and we were living on my husband's meager income in Sacramento. We knew that our house payment was bigger than necessary, so we put our home on the market and waited. And waited and waited. The problem was that homes were not selling very fast in our community. We were on the "down" turn side of the real estate market. Our congregation at that time was growing beyond our building size and after many years we were finally given the okay to purchase land and build a new, larger building. Back in these days, members were expected to pay for at least half the building. Each member was asked to sacrifice and give an amount that "hurt." My husband and I hardly had two dimes to rub together, let alone give a donation to the building fund. What were we going to do? We decided to give $500. We didn't know how things were going to play out, but we donated it anyway, exercising faith that things would work out for our good. It was soon after that our home had an offer placed on it. We were able to sell and move to a less expensive area, not even enjoying the fruits of the new church building. But that was okay. We were still in a position to keep me at home with our son. The God I worship gives us power to accomplish His commandments. There are things we believe, and there are things we know. This I KNOW -- God gives us power to accomplish His commandments.
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