Shine Now Magazine September Issue_r3 | Page 31

For several years, I never wrote a thing. On occasion, the thought that I give an account to the Lord for what I produced with my gifts disturbed me. I knew the value of what I had on the inside. I didn't know was how to get back what I lost. One day as I was waking up from my sleep these words rang out loud in my spirit, "One talent, one talent, use your talent!" I moved slow and picked up my pen and pulled out my journal and started to write. To my surprise, as I persisted in writing, the river of writing began to flow again. Although I had a gift to write, it took me 15 years to write my first book. Once I finished my first book within a period of six months I wrote and published four other books. Since then, I’ve published more. "I enjoy teaching others how to turn their expertise into eBooks, books, online course and other products." So, what happened? As I thought through the process, the Lord made it clear to me. It's one thing to have a gift, but another to cultivate it to pro- duce something that generates income for you. Now, to write a book, you need several skills. I am gifted to write and technically inclined to create long documents and the graphics for my book. Yet, I some of my skills needed more cultivation for me to produce a product with good market value. God endowed everyone with gifts and abilities, but the onus is on us to develop them. The responsibility is on us to be good stewards of all he gave to us. Most people fail to do this. As a result, they stay stuck in the class of me- diocre, which correlates to their ability to generate income. 31