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Featured
Hope-Healing-Love Books:
I'm
Beautiful? Why Can't I See It?
Featured on Focus
on the Family & Time for Hope
I'm
God's Girl? Why Can't I Feel It?
Coming Soon! Breaking the Cover Mask
I
love GOD because he listened to me, listened as I begged for mercy.
He listened so intently as I laid out my case before him.
Death stared me in the face, hell was hard on my heels.
Up against it, I didn't know which way to turn; then I called out
to GOD for help:
"Please, GOD!" I cried out. "Save my life!"
-
Psalm 116:1-4, TM
- All
this talk about beauty and models and extreme dieting .... how
did our perceptions get so distorted? Click:
Find the answer! (Thanks
Dove For Real Beauty!)
- Eating
disorders and disordered eating both affect around 25 million
people in the USA
- A
recent press release from the Fraternity Tri-Delta indicated that
54% of women would rather be hit by a truck than be fat.
- 50%
of girls between the ages of 11 and 13 see themselves as overweight
- 42%
of 1st through 3rd grade girls want to be thinner
- 51%
of 9 and 10 year-old girls feel better about themselves if they
are on dieting

Your
Spirituality ~
Regardless of what spiritual path you follow, or even if you are
not "spiritual", we accept you. Although we may disagree
on spiritual issues, we are not here to convert you. We believe
it is God who changes hearts and fosters healing, not people.
We love, accept and want to help you if you are hurting. Regardless
of your beliefs, we have all been hurt like you. And if that is
all we have in common, it is enough.
It
takes great effort to recover from an eating disorder - sometimes
years. If you don't think of yourself as religious, at least acknowledge
that you have a spiritual side. People with faith are able to utilize
God's strength, in addition to their own strength, to recover. However
you view God (some call Him "Higher Power"), just know
He can help you. He will lead you to caring and loving people who
can help you explore your past and future recovery.
Therefore,
if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation, the old has passed
away, behold the new has come. --2 Corinthians 5:17
Why
Olive Branch Outreach? ~
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