Finding My Way Back
by Tina in Tucson
September 16, 1998
When I first started in WDW, I lost my weight immediately and thought it was the greatest thing since sliced bread (sorry :}) I found it very freeing and very easy. You know why? Because I treated it like another diet, and I can do diets very well at first.
When I thought I was in the promised land, I started disobeying the "rules" I had been following. Back the weight came and discouraged I became. Praise God!! He showed me by letting me fail over and over what was really going on. I was under my own power. THAT DOESN'T WORK!! I also finally saw how I was really using food as an idol (never really saw that before).
Now I see that I need Him. Colossians and Galatians have been very real to me. When I do things by my own power I fail like a flesh-controlled creature. When I rely on God by faith, I can soar like the spirit-controlled new creation I really am. It is a moment by moment thing now. I go to God constantly. He is always there!
Stay focused on Jesus. He is our source and our strength.
Tina
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