The Internet is abuzz with Susan Boyle.

Susan Boyle is a forty-seven year old woman. She’s frumpy and awkward, with an odd dress, no make-up, and bushy eyebrows. She’s unemployed, lives alone with her cat, and has never even been kissed. Susan is not the typical person we expect to do well on stage - we have been trained to expect youth, beauty, sex appeal, and glamor.

And . . . this woman had a dream. She took a HUGE leap and stepped out onto the stage in front of the world’s eyes to audition for Britain’s Got Talent.

She told the emcees with conviction, “I’m going to rock it.”

When she stepped out there, the audience and the judges rolled their eyes. She started talking and said she had aspirations of being like the esteemed Elaine Paige. “No way!” we all thought.

And then Susan Boyle began to sing. And within two bars, Simon’s eyebrows rose. And beauty poured out of this woman’s mouth. Everyone watching was amazed…and humbled…and moved.