After being beaten down and slain by the Lamanites three times in one chapter, of the people of Limhi it was written:
And they did humble themselves even in the depths of humility; and they did cry mightily to God; yea, even all the day long did they cry unto their God that he would deliver them out of their afflictions. - Mosiah 21:14
Yet “the Lord was slow to hear their cry (Mosiah 21:15),” even when “a great fear of the Lamanites had come upon them (Mosiah 21:10).”
Sometimes in our trials and hardships it may feel like the Lord is not coming to our aid, or perhaps not as quickly as we would have thought or liked. Sometimes as for the people of Limhi, the Lord’s design is to help us in small ways. At these times we can anticipate that like the Lord did for Limhi’s people, we will begin to “prosper by degrees (Mosiah 16:16).” All in the Lord’s time and according to his will.