Just Go Ahead and (fill in the blank)

I just got off the phone with a woman whom I've never met. The call lasted 43 minutes and 12 seconds. The conversation was punctuated with laughter, gasps, "No way!"s and "Absolutely!"s.

About a month ago, I had breakfast with a woman whom -- you guessed it -- I'd never met before. I think we spent two hours in that Cracker Barrel, just talking.

In my email is a folder titled "Readers". It contains emails from women whom I've...nope, never met 'em. I've lost count of the number of emails in that folder.

Listed among my Facebook friends are several people whom...are you sensing a pattern? Yes, I have a whole bunch of FB friends on whom I've never laid eyes.

I know, you're wondering what my point is. Well, let me ask you a question. And you don't have to tell me the answer. You just need to answer it for yourself. The question is this: What gift did God give you, and are you wasting it?

Many of you know my story. At least you think you do. You see, the more I know, the more I realize, even I don't know the whole story. It seems that each day brings new friends, new opportunities, new adventures -- did I mention new friends? And they all stem from the fact that I finally sat down and prayed about the gift with which God blessed me: writing. And as I tell anyone who'll listen, once I started praying, the words just wouldn't stop.

So what's your gift? Maybe your gift is writing, like mine. Maybe it's singing. Maybe it's cooking. Maybe it's sewing. But you need to figure it out. And you need to use it to further the Kingdom of the One who gave you that gift. Don't wait till the time is right. The time is now. Don't wait until you know everything there is to know about "whatever". You'll always have something to learn.

So stop waiting and go. Whatever your gift is will multiply and return to you, I promise. So go on. Just go ahead and...?