Or prayed that you can sleep well… and then you do?

Or prayed that you’ll be able to get everything done before your deadline… and then you do?

There are a lot of prayers that are answered without fanfare. Without drama.

They are difficult to recognize because they look like natural happenings.

I think back to King Benjamin’s stinging words about being ungrateful and unprofitable servants.

How many answered prayers am I missing in my life?!

How many times do I pray for my little girl to grow and develop well… and then she does? How many times do I pray for my baby boy to take a great nap… and then he does?

I think of King Limhi and his people, who had been praying and pleading for help from the people in Zarahemla. They had sent out search parties, but never found them. The Lamanites’ oppression was so bad, and they needed relief! Finding people from Zarahemla would be their answer to their prayers.

And suddenly, a group of strangers arrive in the land. Limhi has them bound in prison. He plans to put them to death, but he’s curious why they are so bold, so he allows them to speak before killing them.

It isn’t until Ammon is permitted to speak that King Limhi realizes that these common, wandering strangers are the ultimate answer to their years of pleading.

Are we missing the answers?

Are we looking for fanfare and drama, all while missing the ordinary answers unfolding each day?

Quotation from Raymond A. Haeckel, Ensign, Dec 1990

Happy Studying!

-Cali Black

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