0 #SheReadsTruth

Trying to avoid alcohol is hard. I had to quit my job because, let's be honest, being a bartender means you're generally in the middle of all the party plans. Plus, it's part of my parole that I can't work at the bar anymore. So that gave me some free time. Then I lost a few friends because I couldn't go out with them anymore. So in all, minus the time I spend in class or lab, I have a TON of free time on my hands. And I may not have mentioned it before, and my former self is rolling her eyes at me, but I feel like God threw me in that jail cell as a rather in-the-face wake up call. Not that I was going to hell or that I was a destructive alcoholic, but rather as Him saying, "Helllloooo! I've let you stay at the party longer than I planned, but you have got to come back to the real world now! I have plans for you, great plans and you can't accomplish them sitting in a martini bar or perfecting your flirting skills. It's time to grow up."

It's kind of a drag to be pulled out of the party for a reason you don't necessarily see eye to eye with God on. But, I took his hand and followed him out anyway. Looking back and mourning my 'lost youth' the whole time. (Sorry, the melodrama just creeps in sometimes.) 

But while I was sitting there with all of this free time on my hands, I thought shouldn't I be doing something more constructive? Like reading my Bible or something? So I tried to do that, but it just sucked, to be honest. I was getting nothing out of it and it didn't matter how many different books of the Bible I read, I just didn't care what was being said. So then I started looking into devotionals because I figured they could at least give me a few directions about what exactly I'm reading. And almost like magic, I found She Reads Truth. I decided to start with the Fresh Start plan and I haven't been able to get enough since!

I literally spend like 4 or 5 hours a day delving in, doing multiple days' devos all at one time. I guess I finally figured out where God is directing me to! Not that I'm trying to sell them to you, but OH MY GOODNESS!!! These devos have literally turned my outlook on a lot of things completely around. I think every woman should be required to read them. Preferably after going through something  a little difficult. 

Go ahead, give them a try - I even provided you with a link to them up above. :)