New Year! New goals, plans, new me! Well, the old me with new energy and hopes. I might even find a few dreams along the way which I seem to have forgotten how to develop.

Some thoughts for today......

1 Nephi 18:1-3
"1. And it came to pass that they did worship the Lord, and did go forth with me; and we did work timbers of curious workmanship. And the Lord did show me from time to time after what manner I should work the timbers of the ship.
2. Now I, Nephi, did not work the timbers after the manner which was learned by men, neither did I build the ship after the manner of men; but I did build it after the manner which the Lord had shown unto me; wherefore, it was not after the manner of men.
3. And I, Nephi, did go into the mount oft, and I did pray oft unto the Lord; wherefore the Lord showed unto me great things."

If the Lord can show Nephi how to build a ship that was not what anyone else was doing ("neither did I build the shop after the manner of men") then if we petition to Lord ("I did go to the mount oft; and I did pray oft unto the Lord") won't the Lord answer us in the way that he answered Nephi? ("wherefore the Lord showed unto me great things.")
What is to stop the Lord from helping us do anything we need to do?

1. Not what we have seen before.
2. Not what others have tried before.
3. We don't petition OFTEN.

The only think that is stopping the Lord from helping us is.....US.

Can it actually be this simple? I think so.