Christ is asking the people how often do I have to gather you up and bring you into my fold? Why don't we just do as He has shown us and asks instead of being stubborn and doing our own things and living in our own way?
"...and their mourning was turned to joy, and their lamentations into the praise and thanksgiving unto the Lord Jesus Christ, their Redeemer." (# Nephi 10:10)

-Does it take natural disasters or miserable trials we go through to bring us to praise and thank Christ or do we strive to thank and praise Him every day? In what ways can I improve?

"he that hath the scriptures, let him search them," (3 Nephi 10:14)
-We are asked to search the scriptures and find ways to improve our lives, not just read them and put them away for the day. It doesn't tell us anywhere to read the scriptures but to search them.

The Prophet Joseph Smith counseled:

'Search the scriptures-search the revelations ... and ask your Heavenly Father, in the name of His Son Jesus Christ, to manifest the truth unto you, and if you do it with an eye single to His glory nothing doubting, He will answer you by the power of His Holy Spirit. You will then know for yourselves and not for another. You will not then be dependent on man for the knowledge of God; nor will there be any room for speculation.' (Teachings of the Prophet Joseph Smith, pp. 11-12.)

- We must be willing to search the scriptures and change according to what we learn and study. We need to take the scriptures literally and change our lives accordingly.

"on this wise"  (End of Chapter 10)
wise- Manner; way of being or acting

Blessing- I was able to come home this weekend and be with my family!

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