"Tag, You're It"

As a kid we would play Marco Polo in the pool. And to start the game we would do "Any Meany Miny Mo" to determine who would be "It" first. I hated being "It" because I knew it would be a while before I would ever be able to tag someone because my swimming abilities never quite matured. I prayed no one would go to the deep end because I can't stand up out there (short girl problems). I could hear the voices as people would come near saying "Polo" after my "Marco". If they got close enough, I could tag them. Once they were "It", they would go on to tag others much faster than I ever could. They would even go out to the deep end where I was too scared to venture. But you always needed someone to be "It" first to start the game.

It has only been a week since the official book release and it's hard to really describe where Perfectly Loved is now. I feel like I am in a game of Marco Polo and I lost that game of "Any Meany Miny Mo" and God made me "It" first.

I will say that it doesn't feel like it's my book any more. I've shared it with the world, at least my piece of the world, and now it's theirs. Once a purchase is made, the book is now in the ownership of the purchasee. That person can now dream, imagine, and do with it as they wish. And thank God my first buyers are big dreamers. They aren't afraid to go out into the deep end.

They are sharing, thinking about how to apply this love to their family and friends, and even starting book clubs. I still don't completely understand the full vision God has for Perfectly Loved. But what I have learned so far, in week one, is that each purchasee has their own unique gift and this book is just becoming a weapon in their arsenal for sharing their own gift.

My gift of writing may have gotten it started, but the purchasees gift of everything else that I don't have is what is about to make it grow and truly change lives.

Gifts are meant to be shared. They aren't shared for your glory though. They are shared so that others can walk out in their own passions because you took a step.

I was "It" first and some people got too close to me. I tagged them. Now their "It". It's your turn now. Go deep and tag somebody.