This past week in class, we discussed the story of the Brother of Jared. We specifically talked about Jared as he had to prepare the barges to cross the ocean. There were several problems with the boats and in Ether 2:19 he prays to Heavenly Father saying “And behold, O Lord, in them there is no light; whither shall we steer? And also we shall perish, for in them we cannot breathe, save it is the air which is in them; therefore we shall perish.” In the following verses, Heavenly Father gives him answers to each of these problems in three ways. The first way He answered was by telling Jared, “Don’t worry, I’ll take care of it,” just as He did with the steering of the barges. The second way He answered was by giving step by step instructions as He did with solving the problem of no air. Then the third way He was by letting Jared choose how to solve a problem just as He did with the problem of no light in the barges. We can always be assured that God will answer us. He will always answer us in one of these ways every time we ask Him for an answer to problems we are facing, but, most often, He will answer by letting us choose what we will do to solve the problem, in turn, giving us an opportunity for more growth and change. By doing this He shows us the importance of agency; that it is truly a gift. If, whenever we were faced with a problem and He gave us a direct answer either by telling us what to do or by saying, “Don’t worry, I’ll take care of it,” we would not learn, and our hearts would not change. Overall, we could not become like Christ.