Every addiction arises from an unconscious refusal to face and move through your own pain. Every addiction starts with pain and ends with pain. Whatever the substance you are addicted to — alcohol, food, legal or illegal drugs, or a […]
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Saving Righteousness
“So,” you ask, “does the law contradict God’s promise?” Absolutely not! Never was there written a law that could lead to resurrection and life; if there had been, then surely we could have experienced saving righteousness through keeping the law. But we haven’t. ~ Galatians […]
Continue reading »The End
We always knew what the end was, goal weight, wearing the size dress that Mother did, fitting into the outfit that had gone out of size, decades back, but success was fitting it again, looking like we wished for the […]
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From the diet pills prescribed for a thirteen-year-old me through plus sizes, high school and college band uniforms requiring alteration, the fabric between my legs wearing out first, clothes bought in special stores, dieting for forty-eight years, gaining more than I […]
Continue reading »To Those Who Think Most Often of Food
How many diets have you begun? Have they ever been successful, so you were content six months after the last day you dieted? Can you take one from a serving dish of your favorite food, leaving the rest? Do you […]
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