I recently purchased tickets to the Women of Faith Conference coming in a few weekends near me. Five years ago I was not in a very good place. I had seriously contemplated suicide and was battling depression — all the while being totally completely confident in my salvation. I knew Jesus. I loved Jesus. I wanted to be with Jesus — right then. I had been prescribed Zoloft to help me deal with my depression.

My first Women of Faith conference was that October. I’d been on Zoloft for 5 months and still didn’t know how to deal with it. Should I tell people? I felt ashamed and didn’t want anyone to know. Sitting in that huge stadium, I didn’t know what to expect. I didn’t really know any of these women speaking. What could I possibly have in common with these “larger than life” women?

I’ll never forget when Shelia Walsh took the stage. Besides having an awesome accent, she totally captivated me. She talked about how she battled with depression … how she had prayed for God to heal her totally from depression … and how His way of healing her was for her to take this little pill every day. It wasn’t what she wanted, but God was providing a way — His way.

Now, five years later, I get to go back to the conference to hear some of these wonderful ladies again. Nicole Johnson stole my heart with her dramatic interpretations, and I was saddened last night when I realized she’s not at my conference. Next year. I pray. But what’s even better is I follow these women on Twitter. Some of them anyway — not all of them have gotten on the bandwagon yet

Patsy Clairmont (@PatsyClairmont) is one of my absolute favorite people on Twitter. She’s even responded to a few of my tweets which totally shocked me I’ve noticed that some of the Women of Faith send tweets to Twitter using text messages on their phone. They often forget (I think) to go to the web site itself to see replies to their tweets. But Patsy’s got it going on! It’s totally amazing what insight she can share with a mere 140 characters!

Shelia Walsh (@SheliaWalsh) is also one of my favorites to follow. She is hilarious with her tweets updating us on her two dogs (Belle and Tink), her pedicure escapades, and her Dallas Cowboys commentary. She also updates us on her son, Christian, and occasionally breaks out in prayer for all her Twitter friends. I know that the women up on stage are real women with piles of laundry just like me, but following Shelia makes her seem more like a good friend than an untouchable star on stage.

I think they tried to get Luci Swindoll (@LuciSwindoll) to Twitter, but she has yet to update it Mary Graham (@MaryGraham) is probably on her constantly to Twitter. They seem to hang out a lot — at least from what I can tell following Mary. Jan Silvious (@JKSilvious) recently signed up for an account.

Natalie Grant (@NatalieGrant) tweets a lot and is very interesting. She tweets about her twins and singing on the Revolve Tour (the teen version of Women of Faith).

Those are all I have. Do you know of any other Women of Faith who Twitter? Leave a comment below I’d love to stalk follow them before the conference