(These are all Taken from the book,
"Beyond the Looking Glass"
Daily Devotions for Overcoming Anorexia and Bulimia)
July 4th
For years I was a prisoner in bondage to eating disorders. I could not get free of the distorted thinking that plagued me. I was haunted by feelings of inadequacy and unworthiness.
Much of my life was used up trying to run from the pain. I busied myself trying to please others in order to feel better about myself. I based my entire worth on the opinions of those around me; I allowed them to determine my value.
The scariest prison of all was the eating disorder, it totally controlled my life. For a time I refused to eat at all, but that did not last long. When I finally allowed myself to eat, I could not do so in a normal manner. I found myself consuming huge quantities of food.
Christ came to set me free from all my prisons. He is healing my broken heart of the memories of sexual abuse. He has freed me from my obsession with food so that I can learn how to deal with my pain. He can bring freedom to your, life too!