Ether 12:6-22 teaches us that we need to have faith first and miracles second. Faith and trust are bi-lateral agreements. If I have faith in God then he will give me what I need. I initiate the faith and God grants me the blessings promised. That is hard! Taking the first step, sometimes blindly, is the hardest part. Thankfully God doesn't ask us to suddenly have great faith. He allows us to build our faith daily. We start small. Small faithful acts of obeying our parents and keeping simple commandments are building blocks. As we learn that we can have faith in God, we learn to trust God. When we trust God he will, inturn, help us. The more opportunities we have to grow our faith, the more opportunities we give ourselves to develop our personal realtionship with our Heavenly Father. Additionally, if we can prove our faithfulness over time, God can trust us with more and bless us with more. We need to keep building and building until that great day when we see Him again. That day when with open arms, God can tell me, "Well done my good and faithful servant!"
Day three of prayers and it's all coming back to me. It becomes easier each time to remember to pray. The task now becomes to make each prayer meaningful. Beyond words that sound nice strung together to heartfelt conversations with my Heavenly Father, having faith to believe that He will hear me.
-ARi
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