Author Archives: ellapat2002

“Dear God, “I think I’ll dress up today… just in case you have something special in mind. “Every morning when you push the covers back, you’re ripping the wrapper off a shiny, new present, a day not quite like any other you’ve ever lived before or like any you’ll live again. Somehow, God never getsContinue reading “Dear God”

Rock bottom… the lowest possible level. Have any of you been there? I sure have. If you are feeling like your life is at rock bottom right now, or if you have ever reached the life low, I have a quote for you. “Sometimes it takes hitting rock bottom in order for Jesus to showContinue reading “Rock Bottom”

Spiritual warfare. A real thing that we fight every. single. day. Satan has one goal… to bring Christians down in any way he can. Satan is constantly at work, but his schemes WILL come to nothing when we stand against him with the power of our God. God has equipped us to fight these battles.Continue reading “Christian Warfare”

My coach loves a good track analogy! The one she shared with me the other day may have changed my life and how I look at every circumstance. There are lanes on every track. Whether that be one lane or nine, it doesn’t matter. And the lane that you are running in is yours… ItContinue reading “Life Journey”

Hello all!! I hope everyone has had a good week. It’s Friday! How can you be kind to yourself today after a long and, maybe, hard week? I wanted to pass along this wonderful prayer by Henri Nouwen; it has been a blessing to me as I have struggled to surrender my old self… myContinue reading “Passing Along a Prayer”

When my mental health went downhill, I did NOT think I was struggling… especially with the eating. I thought I was fine. I thought it was normal. I didn’t think I needed help. I didn’t want help. I was in denial. But, oh, did reaching out SAVE. MY. LIFE. A lot of the time, mentalContinue reading “Denial”

Today marks 18 years of life for me. Today is a day of lots of reflection on this past year. It has been tough. There has been so much darkness… there were times where I didn’t think I would see 18, and, quite frankly, didn’t care if I saw 18. But I’m oh so gladContinue reading “Eighteen”

Society today has a huge impact on how we view ourselves and our lives. Especially social media. Does anyone else scroll through their feed and feel worse and worse about themselves and their lives as they go? I did. Until I realized this- social media doesn’t display someone’s true day to day life, emotions, circumstances,Continue reading “Society and Social Media”

To all my people struggling with body image today, I’m right there with you. I’m feeling what you’re feeling. I can relate. Today started off really rough just by looking in the mirror. “I hate myself.” “I’m so fat.” “Why do I look this way?” “Why did God give me this body?” “What can IContinue reading “Body Image”

See this smile? I haven’t smiled this big in a long time. When you have an eating disorder, anxiety, depression, or any kind of mental health illness, life is debilitating. You just have no energy. Everything is harder. There were days where I couldn’t even muster up enough strength to brush my teeth. That’s justContinue reading “Freedom”