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Theme - Faith journaling Shanna Noel, Illustraited faith blog. So while listening to that tug, but still being stubborn.... I shared late one Sunday night thinking that no one would see it (who reads blogs on Sunday night anyways?) but then I got up the next morning to a notification that the post had gone viral on Pinterest. Needless to say I was frantically searching "how to delete a viral pin". But then I went to my inbox and found hundreds of emails of women who were now having that same light bulb moment.... and that was when I knew I had to keep on sharing!! When you started this Bible journaling journey what were your hopes and dreams? When I started this journey the desire was very simple, to find a way to connect to the word and to plug that into my personal relationship with Jesus! Needless to say I have never been more excited to have that quiet time with Him, something that seemed to elusive for so long. - 8 - www.faithcrafter.com - On a side note I wanted to mention, I know He was always there, always waiting it was ME that needed to find my way. Could you ever imagine when you started your project that it would be this successful? My goal was to share what I was doing, in hope that it may help others. That was clearly being done, we just celebrated our one year anniversary of the group and we are now at almost 18k women (a handful of men!!) and with over 30K #illustratedfaith, I know we are meeting that goal. I always say that God has these big plans for Illustrated Faith, and I just get a peek now and then so I don't run and hide by being overwhelmed. If you would have told me 2 years ago I would be traveling the world, sharing my testimony I never in a million years would have believed you, this isn't me.... it is all through Him! How did you start Illustrated faith? When I first started sharing my