I stumbled upon the conversation one afternoon on Twitter. I admit I was eavesdropping on Gussy and became curious by the hashtag #SheReadsTruth in her 140 characters.

I clicked thru to find a beautiful collage of instagram photos from other women that were reading truth. I joined.

I read those red letter words every morning on my leopard chaise lounge in the corner of my bedroom and journaled for the first time in my 33 years.

I have loved every moment and been transformed like so many other of His daughters.

One of the secrets? This time we’re doing it together. {Isn’t that true? That it’s easier when we have each other to hold us up, to listen, to cheer. God’s girls in action, loving Him and each other.}

What started as a conversation between @CoconutRobot and @GussySews has become a community of women reading God’s Word and lives being changed by them. These creative women recently launched a new site to better serve this organic community that is rapidly growing, based solely on reading the Bible daily.

{I know many of you probably already know about #SheReadsTruth, but I’ve gotta share a good thing when I come across it.}

The story behind #SheReadsTruth? Gussy tells it so well.

“I had been told for months prior to leaving the country that traveling to Tanzania with Compassion would change our lives forever, that Zack + I would come back new people, that God was going to show us miraculous things. Of course I nodded my head and closed my eyes and said “yes” to them, but really — I wasn’t exactly sure what they were talking about. 

Our week in Tanzania WAS life-changing. I did come back a new person, God DID show us miraculous things.

But on that first day back I didn’t know how to translate any of these feelings.

The next week, however, I could feel myself beginning to decode things a little more easily.

Then one afternoon I was on the phone with Kacia. She wanted to hear allllll the details from our trip, details I hadn’t shared on my blog. I remember telling Kacia I felt a strong prompting to start reading the Bible daily. I can’t tell you how many times I had said that before — probably over a dozen, to be real with you — but never had I felt like THIS WAS IT, I was finally going to conquer this fault of mine.

Then I told Kacia, If I don’t start reading the Bible every day I’m going to become homeless. I wanted some accountability with how serious I wanted to get with this new lifestyle.”

#SheReadsTruth was born.

It’s so simple and powerful because of the One who called Kacia and Gussy to this recent journey. {It secretly reminds me of how God planted the seeds of (in)courage in mine and Holley’s heart a few years ago. I love to watch how He sows and sometimes reaps so quickly. How He plants the God-sized dreams in a willing heart.}

I adore them for their obedience to plant a small seed, take a risk, be obedient to His leading. . . and how their small step has impacted so many already. Thousands of women are reading their Bible every day. The Word is being planted and memorized and already reaping love in our homes and neighborhoods.

Kacia describes perfectly what’s happened over the last 30+ days with #SheReadsTruth.

I hope that you can read my smile in these words.  Not just a smile confined to my mouth and lips, but one that exudes from my entire being and causes my eyes to squint.  Joy might describe it better.

God is moving.  Lives are being changed.  And it is all about Him.

Another deep breath.

We’re doing this together.  Are you are feeling discouraged?  Send out an SOS.  In need of prayer?  Let us know.  We are a community.  We are His children.  Let’s love each other hard.  Let’s spur one another on towards Him.

YEOW!  Let’s start this new plan together strong.  Because in Him, we are strong.

 

Join Kacia and Gussy {and me!} along with thousands others as we complete Soul Detox and begin Living the Surrendered Life. To find out more about the #SheReadsTruth community and join this exciting God-sized adventure, visit their site.

Have you ever had a prompting from the Lord that was clear like this? Did you listen? What was the result? — from Lost but Found, Angie Smith

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