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So a few weeks ago, I wrote a post about the most powerful question you can ask: What if? The response was overwhelming. Comments flooded in that were both heartbreaking and inspirational. I’m guessing the post got a lot of people dreaming about the possibilities in life.

So here’s a challenge. What if we followed through on some of our what if questions?

In short, the blog post said storytellers, when they’re writing their stories, often ask the question what if to keep the story going. What if my protagonist falls in love, or quits their job, or adopts a kid? And those same kinds of questions can radically change a story in a persons actual life, too. But the only way the question can actually have power is if you follow through.

So here’s the challenge:

If you’re part of a small group, read the blog entry to the group, pass out index cards and have people write down five “what if” questions. Now here’s the trick…people are going to write down stuff they can’t control, like what if I hadn’t lost my job or what if my wife hadn’t left. Those are great questions to process, but they aren’t helpful for our experiment. The questions you are looking for are “what if I popped the question” or “what if I found my father” or “what if I held a fundraiser” or “what if I broke up with my bad boyfriend.” Those are the questions we are looking for.

Once everybody has written on their index cards, have each person in the group share one or two aloud. Then issue the challenge.

Challenge the group to follow through on at least one item on the list. And they must follow through by the next time you meet, because they are each going to report on what happened.

What will unfold, good or bad, will not be boredom, I assure you. Things are going to get crazy. People are going to start talking, because their lives are suddenly going to get interesting.

Here’s the moral of the story, if you will. What you’re teaching the group is that God gives life to you to live, and you can either tell meaningful stories or boring stories. We can’t wait around anymore for God to make something happen in our lives, meanwhile we shop at Bed Bath and Beyond. The truth is, God gives you wisdom and direction and morality and His presence and support, and then asks you to live, to conquer, to risk and experience the whole of life. People grow when they are in motion.

So what do you think? Are you up for it?

If so, capture the experience in a video or on a blog, and I will link to it from this site in a later blog! Leave me the link to your blog in the comments on this site….

And if you’re not part of a group, do the experiment anyway. Or better yet, call some friends for breakfast and try it out informally. Go for it. Get something started.

Can’t wait to hear all the great stories!