“I Beat Anorexia”
“I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me.”
Robbi writes:
This verse has done more for me in my life that I cannot explain it all. This verse helps me whenever I feel down or afraid. It gives me hope and Peace. God has helped me change my life and use my gifts to praise Him.
I had anorexia and got treatment and gave my life to Christ “FULLY” after I got better. I now am recovered and doing well. I owe it all to the Lord. I try and live my life how Christ would want me to and help whenever I can to others.
I thank God everyday for helping me and loving me and especially for being patient with me and by His grace I am saved.
I CAN do ALL things through CHRIST who strengthens ME.
Please note that the views expressed in this story are not necessarily the views of the American Bible Society. Story posted on October 12th, 2008 and filed under Praise, Bible, Hope, Your Stories, Conversions, Grace, God's Sovereignty, Struggles, Life Verse.
October 12th, 2008 at 4:06 pm
Dear Robbi:
What a precious gift God has bestowed upon you for your healing from the debilitating eating disorder of Anorexia. Praise we the Lord!
Anorexia statistics of women and men, girls and boys are grim.
With your first-hand experience, however, you have raised the awareness that it is time to recognize that Anorexia is not a diet but a disease.
Anorexia involving one’s biological, psychological, social and spiritual being, who can be a better authority and spokesperson than humble you, who “owe it to the Lord,” and “try and live my life how Christ would want me to and help whenever I can to others,” and “by His grace I am saved”?
You exemplify that “my power is perfected in weakness” (2 Corinthians 12:9).
Treatment of Anorexia must be encouraged, so those who are suffering from this disease can, like you, embrace life, reconnect with family and friends, and do all things through Christ Who strengthen them.
Thank you for resonating:
“If anyone speaks, he should do it as one speaking the very words of God. If anyone serves, he should do it with the strength God provides, so that in all things God may be praised through Jesus Christ. To him be the glory and the power for ever and ever. Amen” (1 Peter 4:11).
May GOD ALL MIGHTY Bless you infinitely and inestimably;
GODSPEED, always and forevermore!
Mary Sun.
October 13th, 2008 at 9:13 am
Robbi,
Thank you so much for sharing your story,I have no doubt that it has affected others besides me.Please never stop sharing your story.Even if it seems like it has affected no one,it has.Never stop falling in love with Him.
In His Arms,
Melissa Joy Britton
February 17th, 2009 at 9:08 pm
everyone says i look fine but i look at myself and fell fat
February 17th, 2009 at 9:11 pm
am i anorexic i feel fat and when i look at myself in the mirror i see fat. everone espically my dad keeps telling me i look fine but there is 1 thing that does bother me about my dad is when i was in 6th grade he told me i looked chubby since then i’ve been determined to lose weight
February 17th, 2009 at 9:12 pm
i know god has given me life and i personally thank anorexia is stupid.
April 4th, 2009 at 11:48 am
Nah, Katlyn. I was chubby when I was in sixth grade too. I looked like a hamster and on top of that I had the beaver teeth, lol. If you still feel like you could still use to lose some weight, try getting involved with a sport. Even just going to the gym occasionally with your parents or running a lap around your neighborhood every now and again. Anorexia won’t make you beautiful. It abuses and kills the temple of God: you. It can lead to heart failure, weakened muscle and brain tissue, malnutrition, fainting, loss of energy, slow withdrawal from social life, constipation, excessive fatigue, loss of hair, dry skin, and much much more terrible side effects. God has way better in store for you. XD.
Robbi, your story is amazing! Are there any more suggestions that you could give to helping someone get through anorexia? I’m not, but my friend has been anorexic/bulimic for about a month. It’s a tool that Satan uses to change the way that you think of yourself, and to drag your focus off of God onto your reflection in the mirror. Thank you! ~Mel
May 16th, 2009 at 12:51 am
I am the girl that everyone’s parents tell me needs to eat. I’m the girl whose afraid to talk to the guy she likes because she thinks she’s fat. I’m the girl who stands in the sunlight and has it shining through her legs. I am the girl wo has the prominant sternum.
I am anorexic. It all started at the beginning of September. In my school, there are tons of thin girls, it’s hard to keep up. My family just suffered four losses and I was really stressed. So gradually, I began to restrict myself, punishing myself for the things I’d done, though I knew none of he recent occurences were my fault. I took my anger out on my favorite sport: running. I ran four miles every day, in the cold, or in the heat, it made no diference. Pretty soon I’d lost all circulation in my feet and stopped my periods. I’m a bit healthier now, but not by much. In the end, I realize it’s my choie whether or not I want to reover. No one else can eat for me.
I’m alone, and I’m scared.
Help!
May 16th, 2009 at 12:54 am
( By the way, Katlyn, I was once just like you. The truth is, we’re all vulnerable to anorexia. Not a year ago did I think starving yourslf was an idiotic decsion. Now, I’m death walking.)
August 30th, 2009 at 7:23 pm
I am anorexic right now and I don’t know how to stop its like an addiction like my mind is taking over my body. Im starving myself but sometimes I want to stop. help me.