When will I stop striving? When will I figure this out? When will I just stop eating when I am not hungry? When will I surrender?

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The way I have been feeling lately, I think I’ve discovered that there’s land UNDER the Pit and I’ve scraped bottom there.
It’s dark and cold and I just want to give up and sleep. Depression. Anxiety. Fear. There HAS to be a way out.

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In a TW support chat tonight someone said something about hunger that totally hit home. She said, “Hunger brings me to a transparent place before the Lord.”
I have been giving myself free rein with my food this week. I have not told myself “no” more than once or twice, and only just because [...]

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The prodigal’s first right step was to turn around - to face home.
“When he finally came to his senses, he said to himself, ‘At home even the hired servants have food enough to spare, and here I am dying of hunger! I will go home to my father and say, “Father, I have sinned against [...]

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My friend, Heather, posted the video Undo, by Rush of Fools on her blog today. It has been a while since I have been brought to immediate crushing humbling tears.
The chorus says,
Turn me around pick me up
Undo what I’ve become
Bring me back to the place
Of forgiveness and grace
I need You, need Your help
I can’t [...]

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Christian Women Online have a special feature called “In Other Words” where they post a quote and take turns hosting the Mr. Linky for people to blog about the quote. The quote for this past Friday was this from C.S. Lewis:
“Every time you make a choice you are turning the central part of you, [...]

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