Close your eyes and picture the wilderness. What does it look like to you, and what is or isn’t there? If you had to live there, what would those living conditions be like? Today, we are going to study what the word wilderness means, looking at the Book of Mormon’s named and unnamed women who not only lived in the wilderness but thrived.

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Art forms an impression on our minds. When we visualize scripture stories, it’s often in the style we’ve seen before through art. It’s easy to picture Nephi’s family on the boat, Moroni praying over the plates, Abinadi before King Noah, and more. But can you picture the women from the Book of Mormon? There’s art for them, too.

Find all the art mentioned in today’s episode at bookofmormonartcatalog.org:

Nephi Protected from his Brethren by the Daughter of Ishmael and her Mother by George M. Ottinger
And They Were Strong by Tehya Vassar
Sariah in the Wilderness by Rose Datoc Dall
Holding Holy Things (Sister of Jared) by Caitlin Connolly
The Vision of Abish by Anna Wright
Morianton’s Maidservant by Mandy Jane Williams
They Did Not Doubt by Joseph Brickey

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The scriptures are filled with stories of women once you start looking for them. In conjunction with our weekly Come, Follow Me podcast, this bonus series will explore accounts of women throughout the standard works, focusing on the Book of Mormon this year. Did you know that the only time the word “sisters” is mentioned in the Book of Mormon is when it refers to Nephi’s sisters? Today, we’ll talk about the sacrifices and faith of the women—named and unnamed—of the first family in the Book of Mormon and what we can learn from their examples.

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