Who you were created to be.
Greetings all!
My name is Danielle and I will be blogging on the fourth Tuesday of every month. I have struggled with an eating disorder for nearly half my life and since I can remember. Athough have achieved freedom in many areas, I too still struggle at times. I still make the same mistakes, believe the same lies at times. I am no where near perfect nor am I here to give advice or claim to be an expert by any means. I do not even feel worthy to be writing here-- this is so out of my comfort zone. That is why I am so thankful that God does not look at the outward, but he looks at the heart.
I, like many of you, am still on the journey to freedom. My goal in all this is to share my experience/thoughts/opinions and what Christ has done in my life all with the possibility of bringing hope. I want to let you all know that you are NOT alone, you are NOT terminally unique, and that freedom IS possible. Yes that's right, it is. Despite what all the doctors and "experts" will argue I am here to tell you the truth and the truth is that with Jesus Christ ANYTHING is possible-- even freedom from an eating disorder or addiction. You DO NOT have to live the rest of your life living in bondage-- do not believe those lies!
I, along with all of you, will continue throughout our time to explore the may ways to get there and achieve this, but remember that it is a process, a journey, and folks, for the majority of us it is not going to happen over night. No, this journey will most likely take time and perseverance. It will be hard and we are going to have to fight. Fight and persevere against doing this your way, how you think is right, and reach out for help in doing this different.
As the apostle Paul states that suffering produces perseverance; and perseverance produces proven character (and what are we without character and integrity?) and proven character hope. And we may hope because God does not disappoint us, it is Him who works through as we accept and seek him in our lives. Try to look at this in light of eternity with hope because you do not have to go through this alone. As people who struggle with food this is especially hard, and I will go into more depth at a later time, but we MUST reach out and ask for help. We cannot do this in our own strength or alone. So this month I encourage you to reach out, ask for help, share your story and thoughts with the community here, cry out to God and let this struggle mold and shape you into the person you were truly created to be.
