Have you ever wondered about asking someone for something? Did you feel awkward or uncomfortable? Did you have to work up your nerve to approach them? Why is asking for what we need so hard to do for most of us?

I am as guilty as the next gal, maybe more so. I don't want to be a bother, don't want to appear weak, don't want them to think that there is something I cannot handle, don't want to impose on their time. I suppose there are many more reasons.

Something happened to me 2 weeks ago to cause me to think about this thing called "asking". The last several months, actually close to several years, I have been questioning a certain Bible verse that I cannot get out of my mind. First of all, I don't really believe it works for most of us and secondly, I haven't seen it work very many times, if at all, for my family and friends.

Then out of the blue (not really, I have discovered) it happened. Something I asked The Divine Spirit for appeared. I didn't recognize it at first. After all, my pessimism clouded my view. My lack of faith skewed my perception. But the more I think about it, the more I realize that I am exactly where I need to be, interacting with exactly the people I need to interact with, and experiencing feelings that I need to experience.

All I can do is exercise my gratitude by saying thank you to whatever is out there trying to mold me into the spirit-force I need to be. I thought I knew what I wanted and needed. I believed I was on the right search-path and Lord knows I have knocked down doors and entered places I thought I needed to be. I was wrong. And what I discovered is that I wasn't ready, either. Until now.

	Matthew 7:7-8  Keep on asking and you will be given what you
	ask for.  Keep on looking, and you will find.  Keep on knocking,
	and the door will be opened.  For everyone who asks, receives.
	everyone who seeks, finds.  And the door is opened to everyone
	who knocks.

Ask for what you need. Eventually, you'll get your answer.
Search for what you need. You'll eventually find it.
Knock on doors. Eventually they will open.

That is a promise and all you have to do is ask.