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This devotional address entitled Heavenly Powers was given on September 23 of 1980 by Carlos I. Asse,

then a member of the first quorum of the 70 of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

In harmony with the spirit and fever of this football season,

I thought you might want to hear of an experience, which I had some two years ago.

I looked at my state conference schedule and discovered that I had what is called a firm free weekend. Firm free meant that my assignment was to remain at home and to attend to my family

responsibility. This freeness pleased me very much because on that particular

weekend on that Saturday, the Brigham Young University was scheduled to play a very crucial

football game. And inasmuch as I have learned to appreciate the finer things of life, I promptly made arrangements

to attend that game.

The Monday preceding that special Saturday, I told my wife how pleased I was with the prospects

of the forthcoming weekend.

Friday of that week, I told her that I had it made because I was certain that they wouldn't touch me with an assignment that I would be able to see the Brigham Young University play.

Ten minutes after I arrived at my office on that Friday morning, the telephone rang. It was President

Benson's secretary. She informed me that President Benson had an emergency, and she wondered

if I would accept his weekend stake conference assignment.

I told her that I supposed I would.

I then called home and said something like this to my wife.

Honey, there goes my football game.

Pack my bag.

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