I ate the same breakfast and did everything in the exact order as before. I thought some how this might give us a better chance of winning. Then it hit me like a brick wall, that none of this matters and the only person I needed to help be through this eventful day was God. I broke down and fell to my knees and surrendered it all to Him. I realized that he had given me these amazing talents and that my main focus today was not winning a ring but glorifying Him through every second of our routine. My focus today was to be a God-loving teammate and help them realize that winning isn't everything, he is. It was time to go to warm ups, only minutes away from taking the competition floor. This was our time and no one was going to take it away from us. Through out the whole warm up there were nerves and anxiety floating in the air. My teammates were falling and busting tumbling, stunts were shaky, and our heads were not in the right places. Everybody was worrying about hitting our stunts and landing tumbling and not focus on the main points. We were here to have fun and glorify Him. So I huddled everyone together and that moment I knew I had to be a leader and let God speak through me. I prayed, "God thank you so much for letting us be here today and giving us this amazing opportunity. We are so thankful for all the amazing and unique talents you have give to each of us. But the one thing I ask for is that you give us peace and calmness out on the floor. That we will trust in you to be with us every second and we will shine your light through us. With You all things are possible so let us go out there and do our absolute best. In your name we pray, amen." It was time. "Starr's Mill High School you may take the floor", boomed through the arena. Our music began to play and I was living my dream right then and there. My team and I fought for everything and pushed ourselves for two and half minutes.
