When I look in the mirror....

When I look in the mirror, who do I see,

Standing there staring back at me?

Is is someone I know who soars like a dove

Or someone I feel not even God could love?

"What can I change?" I cry to myself.

To make me love ME ... take ME off the shelf.

The answer comes simply and so amazingly true,

It's turning my life over completely to You.

Lord help me to love myself as I am,

The person to whom was given The Lamb.

Help me to grow, please loosen the chains,

Let me forget past sorrows and pains.

Teach me to accept the person You made,

Give guidance to know what will last and not fade.

                       - Belva Peden 1991

I'm doing a church-based weight-loss program and being freed from an addiction to Sugar. As a group, we are supporting each other through the sugar withdrawals and changing the way we live and eat. It's been so amazing so far and each day I learn a little bit more about myself. Addiction comes in so many forms and sugar and emotional eating has definitely been one of my coping mechanisms.