Trivial Experience, Profound Lesson

The other day while I was at the gym, I needed a bench in order to perform my next exercise.  Unfortunately, all of the benches were in use.  I started thinking about if I should change my routine and do a different exercise next when I was prompted to pray that a bench become free.  I hesitated, not because the request was unimportant, but because I felt unworthy to ask for help.  Since I've been on vacation for the past couple of weeks, my daily routine has been disrupted and I've been neglecting my scripture study (which I usually do in the morning as I'm getting ready for work).  As I was thinking that I shouldn't pray, the Spirit prompted me to do so anyway, reminding me that I didn't need to be worthy to pray.

I said the prayer and a bench was free in less than a minute.  The experience was pretty silly, but the lesson was pretty important: we never need to worry about our worthiness when it comes to talking to our Father in Heaven.  I may have learned the lesson under trivial circumstances, but the lesson was still a good one.