Up until the spring of 2009, no one outside of a small village in Scotland had ever heard of Susan Boyle. Boyle, who was 47 at the time, lived in her deceased parents' home with her cat, had few friends and fewer prospects. It was an appearance on "Britain's Got Talent" that turned Boyle into an overnight sensation and millionaire.

Boyle walked out onto the stage of the show in a frumpy dress and with messy, graying hair. The crowd and even the judges laughed at her initially. She said she wanted to be like Elaine Page, Britain's most famous West End/Broadway singer. Eyes rolled in the audience and again laughter was heard. Then as the music to "I Dreamed a Dream" from Les Miserables began to play, Susan Boyle sang. She was not even through the first line before the audience were on their feet. As her voice swelled and filled the auditorium, one judge gaped, one wept and one smiled knowing that this woman's life would never be the same. Since that night, Boyle has sang all over the world (including duets with Page) and sold millions of records proving the old axiom that your can't judge a book by its cover.

I wonder who among us has a talent that needs to get out? We may not look like what people expect in an evangelist, a Sunday School teacher or missionary, but perhaps we have that desire hidden in our hearts. Let us not be guilty of burying a talent from God in the ground, but rather let us dream big dreams with God as our Helper.