A Dream About a Tree

1 Nephi 8:12 And as I partook of the fruit thereof it filled my soul with exceedingly great joy; wherefore, I began to be desirous that my family should partake of it also.

Have you ever had a dream that scared you so bad that when you woke up you couldn’t sleep? Maybe you cried, and you just wanted to be with someone who loved you and could hold you and tell you everything is going to be alright. Well, grown-ups sometimes have these dreams too. Even old men like Lehi.

In the desert, Lehi dreamed the scariest dream he had ever dreamed. It was dark, so dark. It was darker than you’ve probably ever seen. Turn off all the lights and see how dark you can make it. If you can still see your hand in front of your face, it was even darker than that.

This was not normal. Normally, when it was dark at night, there were still stars and a moon that shone bright enough that Lehi could still see his own hands, even his own feet. It only got this dark when thick clouds stopped the night sky from shinin…