Magical.

Tonight I met up with a good friend at the Happiest Place on Earth for a few hours. We were both hoping to see the new World of Color show, but kinda knew that by the time we got there all the tickets would be gone. I figured I'd ask anyway. The cast member lady started and gave me a funny look. Turning to one of the ticket-taker people, she retrieved two WoC tickets and said, "Someone just decided they weren't going to stay for the show tonight and gave us these...it's your lucky night!" It was magical. And so was the show.

The magic continued later that night, as we were leaving the park. My friend had parked in the 3-hours-free-then-you-pay parking...and his 3 hours were up. If only we could get it validated, we lamented, but they don't usually do it for you anymore unless you buy something. Should we even ask? Why not? The worst they'll do is say "no." Deciding to give it a shot, we joked, "Shouldn't one of our camp friends or former campers work here and validated us whenever we came? After all, we've invested so much in them, it's the least they could do, right?" Haha, very funny. Right? Well, when we walked up to the movie theater ticket window to ask, the girl began to apologetically shake her head "no." Then it snapped around to the other person in the booth with her--a person who called my name. A former camp counselor, who walked us inside and validated us no problem! We caught up on life for a few, then left the park, free and clear. Magical.

Tonight I didn't so much as face tiny dangers as realize: what am I missing out on because I'm afraid to ask? Because I'm afraid to take a chance, that the answer will be "no"? What risks am I not taking because I'm afraid of failure, afraid I won't have what I need, have what it takes? In what ways am I missing seeing God work in my life because I am afraid? In what ways is he dying to show me his glory?

"Now to him who is able to do immeasurably more than all we ask or imagine, according to his power that is at work within us..."
[Eph. 3:20]