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Last week I introduced you to a program called FaithLeaps. (You can read the post here.) This week I wanted to tell you about my experience with the program.

A couple of weeks ago, Alyssa, the author of FaithLeaps, announced her new program via Twitter. (By the way, if you’re not on Twitter, you really should be. It will open a whole new world to you. More about that in another post…) Alyssa was looking for a handful of women to participate in FaithLeaps during its inaugural run. She offered a great really awesome deal on membership for the first 10 women to sign up.

I was intrigued, so I went to her website and read about it. Sounded interesting. But, I walked away without signing up. However, I couldn’t get the concept out of my mind. After a couple of hours, I knew the Lord was burdening me to participate. Long story short, I signed up.

The purpose of FaithLeaps is to help individuals develop a writing and/or speaking ministry. Writing is something I could do. Speaking is too. I have no problem standing up before a crowd of strangers and chatting away. Stick me in a room with 3 or 4 people I don’t know, and I probably won’t say a word. LOL

Like the name implies, FaithLeaps is all about taking a leap of faith and diving into a specific ministry. My problem was I didn’t know what ministry. I knew the whole writing thing, but had no clue what topic or audience.

What did I know that others could benefit from? What could I teach others about? Hmmm … good questions! I really couldn’t think of anything worthwhile. I opened my heart to the Lord and still came up blank.

Enter FaithLeaps Lesson #1 – Find Your Passion / Develop Your Platform. Was someone reading my mind? Exactly what I needed to do!

I read the lesson, did the exercises, and listened in on the first teleseminar. After reading the lesson, I still felt clueless. Then, somewhere during the teleseminar, a tiny idea sparked in my heart.  Would it work? Could I do this? Would others benefit?

I mulled over the idea, jotted a few notes, and basically let the idea brew for a couple of days. (I love the brewing part of an idea, don’t you?)

Sunday evening, I ran the idea by a close friend. I was a little leery since I didn’t have a firm grasp on the entire idea, but I really needed a second opinion. She liked it! *breathe huge sigh of relief* In fact, she liked it enough to give me some topics that I could add as well as some reasons why she thought it would work from her perspective. (She’s part of my intended audience. Smart choice on my part, huh? )

So, what comes next? Well, first, I have to complete the FaithLeaps program which will take 5 weeks. Second, I’m going to continue to germinate my idea. I don’t want to jump ahead of myself or God and cause more work later on. Third, I’m in need of a snazzy name for my idea. But, that will have to wait. What? You thought I was going to tell you more about my idea so you could think of a name? Hmmm…maybe…later.

While you’re waiting with baited breath to hear what my idea is, here’s what you can be praying for…

• That I will have clear direction
• That I’ll be able to develop my idea to its fullest potential
• That the words I write will come from my heart and contain God’s love
• That I’ll have patience (and time) to develop another website

Did you pick up on the subtle hints about my idea? I gave you three clues so far…

If you want to learn more about Alyssa and FaithLeaps, click here!

Related posts:

1. Guest Post: Why We Need A Little Faith
2. Faith ‘n’ Fiction: First Book
3. Faith ‘n’ Fiction: My Obligation as a Reviewer
4. Writing Prompts – Good or Bad?
5. Faith ‘n’ Fiction: Great Book to Buy for Christmas

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