Author Archives: ellapat2002

Today, after heavily wrestling with God for a good bit of time in a head space that felt dark and lonely, I’ve seen and heard and received a fresh revelation. And not by my own strength, but by eyes and ears and a heart touched by God Himself. On this day, every day up toContinue reading “How He Heals”

February 21st – 27th!!! National Eating Disorder Awareness week. I don’t want to talk about the nitty gritty of the disease. We discuss that a lot. What I do want to focus on is HOPE!!! Why focus on all the darkness when you can focus on the light… The only thing that can overcome darkness…Continue reading “NEDA Week 2022”

Happy New Year, friends!!! Wow, what a year 2021 was. A year of great joy and a year of great hardship. A year of abundance and a year of growth. A year of learning and a year of falling into a deeper love with my Savior. Those of you who know I went through relapseContinue reading “Walking in New Life”

“Now, most people would not be willing to die for an upright person, though someone might perhaps be willing to die for a person who is especially good. But God showed his great love for us by sending Christ to die for us while we were still sinners.“ Romans 5:7-8 If I’m being completely honest,Continue reading “Perfection”

Hi friends!! Life has been crazy busy, but so very sweet! This post is going to consist of a few crucial life milestones and an answer to this question: “Do you still have eating disorder thoughts?” I’ve missed writing and sharing things with y’all. My prayer for this new season of my life, which IContinue reading “Life Update!!”

This week, February 22-26, 2021, is National Eating Disorder Awareness (NEDA) week. Why should we care to spread awareness? Because there is HOPE that recovery is possible and HELP is available!! People struggling need to hear this, and people who know others that are struggling need to be educated on how to help. Eating disordersContinue reading “NEDA Week”

I’m still learning to love me for me. For who God made me to be. Not me as an athlete. And it’s hard. Here’s the thing… I walked out of treatment knowing that my identity is in Christ. Treatment helped me get my identity back to where it needed to be… My Creator. The KingContinue reading “Saying Goodbye to the Athlete”

I recently posted this on Instagram to welcome in 2021: 1/3/2021 Wise words from my pastor at church this morning: “success” in life is faithfulness to Him, faithfulness to each other, and faithfulness to His mission. 2021… a new year. what are we feeling? are we weeping or rejoicing (Ezra 3:11-13)? I invite you toContinue reading “New Year, New Me??”

Things I want other people to know about eating disorders… Eating disorders are not a choice… we did not choose this life/trial Eating disorders serve a function that used to protect us from something hard Metaphor: You’re swimming in a river and the rapids start to get intense. You grab a log to hold onContinue reading “Things We Want You to Know”

These two. My parents. Wow, wow, wow. What special people. What blessings. I seriously could not be more thankful for them and their love and support. I was recently asked what the best thing my parents did for me during the past year was. So I thought I’d share a little about how my parentsContinue reading “They Loved Me”