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Power of Asking

 Yesterday I hosted a State Championship Meet at my gym.  It's a big event and I've been stressed for months making sure I've done everything and prepared all the little things for this event.  This last week I didn't sleep but a couple of hours thinking of all the little details that I still needed to do and making sure I remembered everything.  One of those details was making sure I had an American flag for the National Anthem.

While preparing for the event I found out that one of the little gymnasts who would be there was Alex Boyé's daughter.  The minute I found out about the connection I wanted to contact him and see if he would sing the National Anthem to start the meet.  His daughter would be in the first session, the timing was perfect.  I went onto his social media account to ask, but then chickened out.

That night as I laid in bed I kept wondering why didn't I reach out.  Why didn't I just ask?  Worse case would have been he didn't respond or he'd say no thank you.

But best case scenario he would have responded with a sure, I'd love to, and I would have been able to see him sing live and bless all of us with his voice.


In that moment I thought, how many missed opportunities have I had because I was too scared to ask?


I realized how often I do that in prayer too.  Sometimes I'm wanting a blessing or an answer to prayer, but I'm too afraid to ask.  I'm worried that I'd be going against His will or that He'll respond with no.

But honestly, that's the worse thought process I could ever have.  What if I just asked and the answer was yes!  I'd never know without asking.

What if Joseph Smith would have never gone into the woods that day to ask God what church to join?  What if the Brother of Jared never would have asked how to light the barges?  What if Abraham wouldn't have asked for a child?  

There is so much in life we wouldn't have, had someone not have had the courage to ask!


I'm setting a new goal for myself - ALWAYS ASK!  Doesn't matter what the answer will be, I don't want to miss an opportunity because I didn't ask.


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ACSpencer said…
Great words and perspective.
November 23, 2020 at 2:10 PM
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