Simple prayers bring forth miracles

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Today after Physics, which ended at 10:30, I went to the library to study for my interior design test I have today. During Physics my stomach had started to hurt a little, but it wasn't any ordinary pain. It was the same pain I'd had only two times before; once at Julia's house and once during a random day at school. I recognized the starting pain at immediately tried to position myself so it wouldn't worse quickly. I was able to take notes and somewhat understand what was going on in Physics. I couldn't afford to not study so I went to the library knowing it would probably get worse. It was a little bit of a walk to the library and that made me feel a bit better, but once I got to the library and had been sitting down for a long time it became unbearable. I put my head on the table, which made it feel a teeny bit better. I then decided I needed to ask Heavenly Father to get me through the day because at this point there was no way that was going to happen without him. So I said a simple prayer, not expecting the pain to go away instantly. Well, it didn't do that and it still hurt tremendously after 5 minutes so I decided I needed to go back to my dorm and take a nap, hopefully making it feel better. But I couldn't afford to loose all that time!! After trying to decide what to do I turned my computer back on (I had shut it down after I thought about going back to my dorm) and kept working. Heavenly Father wasn't going to help me if I don't keep trying to do my best. After 10 minutes of working my stomach started to calm down and I could think clearer. The pain didn't go away for good, but it subsided a little. Enough to let me not be distracted by it. That was about 2 1/2 hours ago and now it is so much better. There's still a little pain, but it's nothing at this point. :) And all it took a simple prayer and to keep going.

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