There is an old saying that goes, "The journey of a thousand steps begins with just one." Well, I think I've re-started this journey countless times throughout my life. Each time with a certain degree of short-lived success.
I'm sure any of my readers who've struggle with weight problems, or more accurately in my case "morbid obesity", can identify. The myriad of new fad diets, the feeling of self-deprivation and starvation, unfulfilled self-promises... the constant feelings of failure.
I've done South Beach, Atkins, Richard Simmons' Deal-A-Meal, the Daniel Fast, 1200 calories a day, 3 "normal" meals a day, 6 "small" meals a day, the Heart Healthy diet, the No Concentrated Sugar diet, eDiets, etc. I've hiked and backpacked, done Slim-in-6 six to seven days a week consistently for 6 weeks, walked-jogged 1-2 miles a day with a friend, done the treadmill and stationary bike routine, and am still fat! All it's ever done was cause me to fight bout after bout of feelings of failure. [More]
My life is a living testimony of God’s redeeming power. Surviving a failed abortion, childhood abuse, rejection, & years of brokenness, I know firsthand the depths of despair and the heights of God’s healing grace. Born again & filled with the Holy Spirit in 1980, I stepped into a lifelong journey of ministry that has taken me from youth and women’s ministry to street evangelism, prison outreach, disaster response, and missions work in Uganda. Over the years, I’ve co-founded two non-profit missions ministries, and have served in leadership roles across churches, training centers, and nonprofit organizations. Through every season — from healing after divorce to finding restoration in my marriage to my soulmate, Tim — I have strived to remained faithful to my calling to share the love of Christ with the broken, the hurting, & the overlooked. Today, I continue to minister through writing, podcasting, inmate outreach, and evangelism, blending my own testimony with biblical truth to help others find hope, freedom, & identity in Christ. Tim and I live in NE Tennessee, where our home is filled with faith, family, creativity, purpose...and cats, chickens, & turkeys!
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