Everyone Has a Seat at the Table

Here is what I wrote for NEDA's Awareness Week:

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Everyone Has a Seat At The Table

This year, NEDA’s theme is Everyone Has a seat at the table. I do like this theme because it includes people from different ethnicities and various eating disorder diagnoses, and no one is excluded but included in the celebration of eating and gathering around the table.

I remember when I didn’t want to come to the table to eat. I made excuses like: “ I ate already, I am not hungry,” even though I was hungry after restricting for most of the day. The truth was the Eating Disorder was running the program and telling me to exercise more and eat way less. The truth was, I was getting tired of this regimen that the ED was putting me through. My therapist, Miriam gave me a good wake up call, “ You need to stop this or I will have to hospitalize you.” “ I don’t want to do this sweetie but will if I have to.” She knew it was the wake up call I needed but did it out of love.

Slowly I recovered and now I am strong enough to have meals with family and friends at the table. I don’t concern myself with exercising after or about the calories that I have eaten. I concentrate on the fellowship and fun.

There is another table I like to go to is the church dinners or breakfasts and have fellowship. One important is the Lord’s Table for communion at church. I trusted God to help me through the Eating disorder and he helped me recover with the help of my husband and my therapist, Miriam. I am glad that I can thank him and praise him for that!

Tuesday's With Morrie

 I watched Tuesday's With Morrie. The main character, Mitch Albom finds out that his old sociology professor has ALS and starts going to see him on Tuesday's. It is very inspiring what Morrie still teaches him.

    I think we all need people like Morrie to teach us things. I think my mentor is Miriam. Even though we don't have our monthly sessions, she taught me a lot and lets me let  down my guard.  I refer to her as my personal advsior. 

She is a gift that I didn't know I had till, I couldn't see her back in 2003, but welcomed me back with open arms in 2005. I know I can still text her when I need when I need to run something by her, but I don't like to abuse that because I know she has a life outside of that. I am just grateful for the times that she does answer me when she can.

Great things have happened

 1.We become members of Vision Baptist Church

2. We have become involved in the music ministry-Iworship and recording the Sunday School message

3. My husband and I took part in helping decorate the church for Christmas with other fellow believers. It was fun!

4. I am looking forward to learning more to serve the ministry-about the memberships. 

5. I am also looking forward to celebrating the New Year at the Church event.  

This will be fun to be with fellow Christians and have fellowship with others and ring in the new year with a service. 

If 2020 taught me anything, we can adapt to changes and learn to find blessings in other things like becoming closer to our loved ones and finding happiness in attending church and becoming a better servant to God in his ministry at church.

My vision of America

Here is my vision of America:

Neighbors helping each other

Going back to what this country is founded on-Judaeo Biblical principals

Pride in showing the American Flag

Pride in standing for the National Anthem

Standing in for the Pledge of Allegiance

Worshipping God in Church

Putting prayer back in our lives

Most of all putting God back into our country where he belongs!  That we teach creation v. evolution in schools. 

Sean Feucht

A friend on Facebook showed me a link of Sean Feucht. I love his energy.  I am glad he is trying to reach people by going into the worst cities and doing revivals with his band. 

The best revival concert I saw was Sacramento -Let Us Worship.  

His music is easy to follow! Makes you want to sing along! I pray he comes to MI around here. I would love to see him!

New perspective

 Looking back to last year, the things that I thought were important like planning next year's vacation and what class I will be taking some how changed with this "COVID"pandemic. Now it is going to church, reading my bible, going to bible studies and being among believers is the most important thing now. Drawing close to God instead of looking at my own interests.  

I feel more at peace when I am at church now. Last year, I was thinking if I go near a church it would fall. Now I know so not true!

I need to put God first and me second. 

New attitude

I have noticed that since I have been praying for our country and the state governor, things have been much better!!
Another new thing is I have returned back to church. I like it there! Everyone is welcoming. 

Also a new change is doing devotions with my husband really helps my attitude.