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The Words that Hurt Someone with An ED

April 21, 2018 By beautyinchrist 6 Comments

Words are such a HUGE part of our lives. It’s amazing that God gave us His written Word, and that means that words mean something. That’s why I’m sharing the amazing importance of words that can hurt, heal, kill, or give life especially to someone with an ED. (I’m re-sharing this post from 2016, because it’s a topic that’s so important as you or I walk with those who are in recovery)

One of the #1 factors that I’ve observed from many stories of hurting girls who have struggled with eating disorders and wanting to make their bodies look ‘just perfect’ is the power of the word to hurt. It is by far not true that “sticks and stones may break my bones but words will never hurt me”.

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Why I Try to Cover the Pain (Insecurity #1)

February 23, 2018 By beautyinchrist Leave a Comment

For a long time I thought I was strong until I experienced deep emotional pain that I knew was impossible for me to handle. Just by myself. Strong. Didn’t need anyone else to carry my burdens. I may have known in my head that I NEEDED Jesus to bear my burden of sin and shame on the cross, to bear my condemnation, in order to be SET free from sin, but in my actions, in my life I denied it. And these days, I still experience that. For a long time I’ve tried to cover my deepest pains, my deepest insecurities.

I don’t really want to write this post, but I want to, because I want others to know that if you are struggling with this, you are NOT alone too.

That’s what the body of Christ Jesus is for; we’re there to bear one another’s burdens, to weep when others weep, to rejoice when others in the body of Christ rejoice.

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There Is So Much Hurt in the World But So Much Hope . . .

October 13, 2017 By beautyinchrist 7 Comments

I’m linking up with Meg for Week In Review to share some highlights of the week at the end of the post too!

My heart hurts. There is so much pain, death, sorrow in the world. There is so much hurt, and I so often have a hard time dealing with it, facing it. The effects of sin are all around me. I feel broken. There are broken people everywhere. This morning I was reading John 16 and Jesus’ precious promises before He ascended back into heaven.

John 16:27-33,

‘For the Father himself loveth you, because ye have loved me, and have believed that I came out from God.

²⁸I came forth from the Father, and am come into the world: again, I leave the world, and go to the Father.

²⁹His disciples said unto him, Lo, now speakest thou plainly, and speakest no proverb.

³⁰Now are we sure that thou knowest all things, and needest not that any man should ask thee: by this we believe that thou camest forth from God.

³¹Jesus answered them, Do ye now believe?

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Why News Reporting Has Taught Me Hope….

December 3, 2016 By beautyinchrist 8 Comments

News reporting. Ah. The world of news reporters. They can be somewhat despised, right, especially after this year of politics. But I want to share a different element that you may have never thought about before. News reporting has taught me to hope (but maybe not how you think)

I’ve been doing a bit of news reporting for a small Christian newscast for about 2 years now, and it has been hard. Before I got into this, I was a pretty optimistic person, but you could also say that ‘my head was in the clouds.’ I wasn’t realistic about the hardship, the trials, and the pain that others were enduring in the world.

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