What If…

I want to serve a mission, she said.

 

Really? Great! Let’s make that happen, I said.

 

What if I lose my scholarships?

 

I doubt that you will, but if you do, we will figure it out.

 

What if I lose my spot in the program?

 

Then you audition again, and get accepted again.

 

What if I can’t do it?

 

You can do anything you put your mind to .

 

What if I don’t know enough/have a strong enough testimony?

 

You will learn to rely on the Lord.

 

I want to make a CD to help pay for my mission. What if no one likes it?

 

I think people will like it. There is all kinds of music in the world.

 

What if it sucks?

 

I will tell you if it sucks.

 

What if we spend all this money and no one buys it?

 

Then our family will have a treasure forever.

 

What if I run out of time and I can’t finish it?

 

Better hurry and get started and stop asking ‘what if.’

 

Now that it is finished, now that she is a missionary, I am struck by “What If ” in a completely different way.

 

What if she had never made the CD?

 

Then I couldn’t hear her voice whenever I want.

 

Then that sweet, young mother wouldn’t have experienced instant relief from her colicky baby’s cry.

 

Then that woman wouldn’t have received her answer to her prayer when she put the CD in.

 

Then that young girl wouldn’t have felt God’s love for her when she heard that song.

 

Then maybe that little girl would have chosen someone else to look up to.

 

These “what-ifs” are based on real messages sent by real people to Becca after they listened to her CD.

 

One young woman wrote about her fears and doubts consuming her thoughts, and Becca answered, “then you must be on the verge of something great!” She knows this now, because that has been her experience.

 

Interesting things, these “what-ifs.” Just about the time Becca became consumed in doubt, her “what-ifs” were answered by the confirmation of her WHY. “What if” becomes “why not” when you mobilize yourself even when you have doubts. When you push through the doubt and fear, you get to see the other side of the “what if” question. The side that confirms your decision, reminds you of why you worked so hard, struggled so greatly, and sacrificed so much. The side that reminds you how small fear is and how GREAT and BRAVE you are.

 

What if you hadn’t?!

 

Thank goodness you did.

 

 

 

 

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