…Other than the fact that I’m just a big “girl” who likes to watch cooking shows and singing competition shows :-)  I LOVED this moment on the X factor last night when Josh Krajcik, a 30 year old guy who plays local music, works in a burrito restaurant, and was driven to the audition by his mom, shocks everyone with his God-given talent.

I think there are “Josh Krajcik’s” everywhere.   People with extraordinary gifts that go far beyond musical abilities.  People who may not look the part.  People who are unknown except to a few family and friends.

It’s fun to watch shows like X-factor and Idol with their long-shot-one-out-of-ten-thousand-auditions.  But I believe that serving others in the local church is the BEST way to be “discovered”…the best way to begin to use the talents that God has given. I believe the local church is a great place for artists, singers, leaders, teachers, dreamers, and writers…talented people of all discriptions to get their “start” at utilizing those talents to serve others.

I wonder if Josh Krajcik is part of a local church? (so many great singers get their start there…)  If not, I wonder if anyone ever invited Josh to a local church that would have welcomed him, encouraged him,  and challenged him to use his gift to serve others?   I wonder how many “Josh Krajciks” are living in my neighborhood?  Yours?

¹³ You made all the delicate, inner parts of my body
and knit me together in my mother’s womb.
¹⁴ Thank you for making me so wonderfully complex!
Your workmanship is marvelous—how well I know it.
¹⁵ You watched me as I was being formed in utter seclusion,
as I was woven together in the dark of the womb.
¹⁶ You saw me before I was born.
Every day of my life was recorded in your book.
Every moment was laid out
before a single day had passed.  Psalms 139:13-16