In my reading this week I read the well known story of Enos. The book of Enos is a short one, just one chapter, but a lot can be learned from him and from his experience.
One of the biggest things that I learned this week was that Enos was praying for a remission of his sins. Often we use the story of Enos to describe how one can get a testimony. However, Enos went to the forest to pray for a totally different reason. As he was hunting, he was thinking about all that he had learned from his father about eternal life. His soul hungered and he wanted to know if he could be forgiven of his sins.
His very, very long prayer is eventually met with an answer. Because of his faith in Christ, his sins are forgiven!
Something that I realized as I read this was that people that lived before Christ was born had to have faith in Him too. Can you imagine having faith in someone that hadn't even lived yet? Sure, it is hard for us to have faith and to rely on the Atonment, but we know it's already happened. Having faith in someone that hasn't even come to the earth yet to preform the great sacrifice sounds a whole lot harder to me. Enos truly showed some faith here.
I am grateful for this story because it taught me more about how I should pray. Also, if I expect to receive answers, I better be praying with some faith.
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