What Nephi Taught Me About Visiting Teaching

A couple of weeks ago I was complaining to myself about how difficult visiting teaching is. I mean it took me a while just to get a hold of my partner and then we had to figure out a time that worked for our two ladies we visit. We thought we had it figured out until both ladies shortly before declared they were actually unavailable for the week.
Well I found this a little frustrating {wouldn't most of us?} and so the murmuring began.


Why is my YSA Relief Society stressing so much importance on visiting teaching?

Don't they know how busy we are being college students, so how we supposed to visit multiple sisters every month?

And why do they want us going with a companion sister?

It would be easier to just go without having to work it out with a companion's schedule too.

Then I came across this in my daily scripture reading: Nephi 3:5

  And now, behold thy brothers murmur, saying it is a hard thing which I have required of them; but behold I have not required it of them, but it is a commandment of the Lord.

Lehi was talking to his son about going back to Jerusalem to face the difficult task of obtaining the brass plates from the powerful Laban. The key phrase Lehi gives is that it was "a commandment of the Lord".

I realized that it isn't just my Relief Society requiring visiting teaching of me, it is Heavenly Father that asks it of me. And I know that good things and blessings come from keeping the Lord's commandments.