3 Nephi 17:21-23 He took their little children, one by one, and blessed them, and prayed unto the Father for them. And when he had done this he wept again. And he spake unto the multitude, and said unto them: Behold your little ones.
When Jesus came to the Nephites, he taught them to be meek and he taught them about heaven. And all this teaching and loving and smiling took a long time. But no one noticed. No one noticed as the sun moved from the horizon to directly over their heads. No one noticed as the clouds came and went. No one noticed as the sun lowered and lowered and lowered and the fireflies came out. The day was almost over and nobody had noticed. They had missed breakfast and lunch and now dinner was rapidly approaching.
And nobody had noticed except for Jesus. Jesus knew the people would be hungry and tired and would need rest, and so he smiled and waved and said, “Goodbye, friends. I will see you all tomorrow.” But as he looked around, nobody else was smiling. Everybody was…
