Awakening
"Not that we are sufficient in ourselves to claim anything as coming from us, but our sufficiency is from God" ~ 2 Corinthians 3:5 ESV Long have I believed that I was void of any special gift or calling. Instead I lived my life as a victim of circumstance and wallowed in self-pity and resentment toward God for such an oversight. I looked for anything to bring me a sense of fulfillment and to distract me from my inadequacies, and so I hid myself from the rest of the world, gave in to my eating addiction and ate my way into obscurity. Lately, I've been making an effort to rid myself of this great weight (speaking both physically and figuratively) and literally reinvent myself. This is no simple task as I've quickly learned, after so many years of living in the comfort of allowing my carnal nature have it's way with both my mind and my body, and feeding on the shadows in my heart. I've begun feeding my spirit with the Holy Word and praying regularl