In chapter 2 of Ether we read that the brother of Jared was worried because there would be no light in their boats. When he asked the Lord about this, the Lord answered with a question: "What will ye that I should prepare for you that ye may have light?" (verse 25).
I have thought a lot about how the brother of Jared responded to the Lord's question. First he climbed a mountain, where he "did molten out of a rock 16 small stones" (Ether 3:5). The brother of Jared asked the Lord to touch the stones so they could illuminate the boats.
This passage has changed the way I pray. Before, I often asked, "Father, what would Thou have me do?" In reality many situations require that I put in some thought, analyze my resources, come up with a plan, then go to the Father and ask Him if the plan is OK—afterward praying for the miracles that I can't make happen by myself.
Elena Gómez de Santurión, Uruguay