Voice of Truth Stories

Meet Kat Pennington from Panama City Beach, Florida

After my husband and I moved to our retirement home, I mentally crawled into a comfortable ‘retirement box’ by settling into a daily routine of staying home. Life was uneventful; we enjoyed our church involvement and spending time with family and friends.

Then came bubbly, beautiful Kelley Rene. She and I introduced ourselves at church and decided to meet for dinner to get to know each other.

Kelley is a member of Women World Leaders and an accomplished award-winning author. When we met for dinner, she blessed me with one of the books she wrote as a chapter author for Women World Leaders, and I was looking forward to reading it.

While we were eating, we started a conversation with a couple who sat next to our table. Minutes later, the Holy Spirit led Kelley to ask if it would be okay to use my copy of the book so she could give it to the woman. I gladly returned it, and the woman was thrilled to receive it. The next day, Kelley came to my house to replace my copy of the book, and we had a nice visit.

The next time Kelley and I saw each other, she told me she had been asking God for guidance in finding women to invite as chapter writers for another book for Women World Leaders. As she prayed, my name kept coming up, so she asked me if I would consider being an author. I immediately said thank you —but no. I was comfortably retired, plus I wasn’t an author. She replied, “You haven’t even prayed about it yet!” We laughed, and I agreed to pray about it. Later that week, after praying about it, I contacted her—and said yes.

During my prayer time and in researching Women World Leaders, I was delighted to learn about their many ministries. I wanted, no, I had to be a part of this organization! One ministry, Voice of Truth, is a magazine of encouragement and insightful information about going through life while walking with our Lord.

As much as I would like to keep each beautiful copy I receive, just like Kelley blessing the stranger with the book, God always gives me someone to gift Voice of Truth. I’m grateful for the outreach of Voice of Truth and happy to be a member of Women World Leaders!

The heart of man plans his way but the Lord establishes his steps (Proverbs 16:9 ESV)