1 Nephi Chapter 7

Nephi says something that really made me think. When he was bound by his brothers, he prayed for strength. He asked the Lord to give him strength to be able to break the ropes binding him. I was thinking about that because I've been praying for an answer to my losing weight dilemma. I don't know what to do anymore, I feel like a blob and am ebarassed by that. When I read this, I realized that I've been asking for the wrong thing. I wanted Heavenly Father to take the trial away so I wouldn't have to deal with the pain, but what I really need to do is pray for strength to endure this trial well.

I know I've learned this in the past, but I obviously forgot. No wonder the Lord sends us reminders. No matter how many times we learn something, we'll always forget it if we don't practice it.