No More Stumbling Blocks?

"And it shall come to pass, that if the Gentiles shall hearken unto the Lamb of God in that day that he shall manifest himself unto them in word, and also in power, in very deed, unto the taking away of their stumbling blocks" (1 Nephi 14:1)

I first read this and thought to myself "that statement isn't always true". In other words, I was thinking what it was saying is that if we (the Gentiles) will hearken unto Christ, our pain and suffering would be eased, or that our trials would be fewer, or easier to get through.

The more I thought about it though, I realized that it says that the Lord will only take away our stumbling blocks. In other words, we will have help in not stumbling.  That is not to say that we won't run into things, or kick some rocks on the way up the hill but they won't make us stumble.  In real world application, I think this means that the act of choosing the right increases our power to choose the right in the future because 1) we know we can do it, and 2) we have increased ability and fewer stumbling blocks in making those right choices,

I appreciate this distinction, because life isn't easy, but we need to make correct choices anyway. This life is our test to see if we will do all the things we are commanded. And the more we do, the more we will be able to.