December 1, 2025
While snowshoeing this morning, I was obsessing about regaining weight like before, but God nudged me and said:
“You only have to trust for today that I will take your food and you will be abstinent, and weight will go down. Just trust today.”
Tears of happiness and gratitude.
—Anonymous
SOURCE: Lifeline
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