I think I know you!

Have you ever looked in the mirror, and thought, "gee, that person is a cow"? Then you realize that person is you? I Used to be fairly attractive...or so I was told. But something happened to that person, inside and out! It was like who I saw in the mirror, became who I was. And I did not like that person. I was lost, inside this body, a body I just plain would not claim. I found comfort in everything that made my situation worse. That kept me in this cycle. The devil was working on me....I honestly believe when we fall into these self destructive behaviors, and frames of mind, it is indeed, putting God on a shelf. It is with Him alone, we can conquer these self destructive behaviors, without feeling deprived. In fact dare I say, my life is filled with more joy now, than in quite some time. And no amount of peach cobbler or chocolate, could fill me as I am now being filled!

John 6:35
And Jesus said unto them, I am the bread of life: he that cometh to me shall never hunger; and he that believeth on me shall never thirst.

20 Pounds!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I have not seen this weight for quite sometime!! In fact, I do not think without sucking in my belly I could even see the scale! I can see the person I was, getting further and further away in the rear view mirror. And I am not afraid to look back. I am not going to turn to salt. That person, is not who I am but what I was. What I had become, because I allowed it. I am not going to pretend I was never that. I was. But even then I was God's child. His fat child. And even with the extra weight, he still loved me. As I know He loves me now. If He did not, I would be afraid to even glance back. But, I am stronger now. So, I am looking full on at that reflection, because that refection is not me, not anymore. And soon, the skin I am in now, will be discarded, and I will look back and remember being here now, not with contempt, but with joy for the journey.

Romans 14:17
For the kingdom of God is not meat and drink; but righteousness, and peace, and joy in the Holy Ghost.