I know it's labor day, I hope you are getting the rest you need. I have been traveling down memory lane lately and found this. This is my most embarrassing work. Finding it has caused a great concern.
Why am I concerned about this video making the rounds again? I reminds me that I have been a bit calloused toward my freedom, perhaps I haven't celebrated God's work enough. Friends, a look back will always remind you of the journey in which you have just overcome. Reminders are good in that it helps you stay where you need to stay, in a place of overcoming a huge battle to victorious living.
Today I once again, on this Labor day, celebrate my freedom from food in finding that freedom God's way.
Overcoming a life long battle of the bulge is dreamy and something I have been longing for...well, a life-time. May I never go back to being a slave to food. No longer will I hide behind my own imperfections. I don't speak about it often but it's time to let this little secret out.
I don't have a big story to tell but I do have a big story of God's telling in my struggle of how I have overcome a HUGE battle, one that has plagued me since I was born, or at least since I can remember. In the losing of 132 lbs. of excess weight, I have uncovered a new me.
Guess what friends, I am not chopped liver. I am a lovely redeemed daughter of the King and am free to tell His glory story. I am free. No longer do I have to make food behave because I have learned to behave myself around food. Addictions of any kind are just that, addictions, and we all have them. Mine doesn't make me better than you nor more shameful. I was just desperate enough to seek God's deliverance from it and in my searching, God revealed His loving character and truth.
I had been looking for love in all the wrong places. There is hope for all of us, the least of us, the lost part of our dreams, and the last in line. There is hope. Jesus says to his friends, "You are truly my disciples if you live as I tell you to, and you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free." ~ John 8:31-32 (TLB)
The Janelle Keith paraphrased version is this: "Stick with Me kid, I'll take you places"
I am free indeed, and I have hope. It's come with a great price but every step has been worth it when you see from where you came from to your new place in this world.
Freedom changes everything, one decision changes everything, small changes add up to make a big difference. The results are worth it, the courage and bravery I have found in me are refreshing and oh so lovely.
Freedom, truth and courage run hand in hand. Run with me to the land of courage of being honest with yourself to take a look at where you have been, and to discover God's best life for you, and where He wants to take you to, the land of truth and freedom.
Here is where I once was, my most embarrassing moment. Below see the me that has been set free.
Why am I concerned about this video making the rounds again? I reminds me that I have been a bit calloused toward my freedom, perhaps I haven't celebrated God's work enough. Friends, a look back will always remind you of the journey in which you have just overcome. Reminders are good in that it helps you stay where you need to stay, in a place of overcoming a huge battle to victorious living.
Today I once again, on this Labor day, celebrate my freedom from food in finding that freedom God's way.
Overcoming a life long battle of the bulge is dreamy and something I have been longing for...well, a life-time. May I never go back to being a slave to food. No longer will I hide behind my own imperfections. I don't speak about it often but it's time to let this little secret out.
I don't have a big story to tell but I do have a big story of God's telling in my struggle of how I have overcome a HUGE battle, one that has plagued me since I was born, or at least since I can remember. In the losing of 132 lbs. of excess weight, I have uncovered a new me.
Guess what friends, I am not chopped liver. I am a lovely redeemed daughter of the King and am free to tell His glory story. I am free. No longer do I have to make food behave because I have learned to behave myself around food. Addictions of any kind are just that, addictions, and we all have them. Mine doesn't make me better than you nor more shameful. I was just desperate enough to seek God's deliverance from it and in my searching, God revealed His loving character and truth.
I had been looking for love in all the wrong places. There is hope for all of us, the least of us, the lost part of our dreams, and the last in line. There is hope. Jesus says to his friends, "You are truly my disciples if you live as I tell you to, and you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free." ~ John 8:31-32 (TLB)
The Janelle Keith paraphrased version is this: "Stick with Me kid, I'll take you places"
I am free indeed, and I have hope. It's come with a great price but every step has been worth it when you see from where you came from to your new place in this world.
Freedom changes everything, one decision changes everything, small changes add up to make a big difference. The results are worth it, the courage and bravery I have found in me are refreshing and oh so lovely.
Freedom, truth and courage run hand in hand. Run with me to the land of courage of being honest with yourself to take a look at where you have been, and to discover God's best life for you, and where He wants to take you to, the land of truth and freedom.
Here is where I once was, my most embarrassing moment. Below see the me that has been set free.
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