Have You Prayed About It? (1 Nephi 15:3)

“For he [Lehi] truly spake many great things unto them [his family], which were
hard to be understood, save a man [or a woman] should inquire of the Lord…” (1
Nephi 15:3)

I find myself in this place frequently. I don’t understand some concept of the gospel or some aspect of my life (usually, the ‘why me’ sort of stuff). I try to reason it out on my own and I just can’t get it—until I ask the Lord. And then He gives me an analogy based upon my own life experience, something I can understand.

But lots of times, I forget to ask the Lord for help. I’ll bang my head against the wall for hours, days, weeks, until finally, someone will say to me, as Nephi did to his brothers, “Have you prayed about it?”

Duh.