- I am a woman who has an eating disorder, but I am not an eating disorder. My eating disorder has been an expression of my feelings and beliefs, a way of meeting unmet needs, and a way for me to numb deep pain.
- I am a woman, not a failure for not being a specific dress size or a specific weight.
- I am a woman; I am not invisible.
- I am a woman; I am not a defect.
- I am a woman; I am not an interruption.
- I am a woman who is fearfully and wonderfully made in the image of God; not a mistake or accident that should never have happened.
- I am a woman who is loved, delighted in, and cherished by the God who created me; not unlovable.
- I am a woman living a community because I am in Christ; I am no longer isolated.
- I am a woman who was created to feel and my feelings help define the unique person God created me to be, not proof that I am a defect.
- I am a woman and the traumatic events in my life were not my punishment for feeling my emotions; those events have helped make me the person I am today.
- I am a woman whose name is Wendy, free, not “abused,” not “depressed,” not “sad”, not “hopeless,” not “anger,” not “fearful,” or not “frustrated,” not “anorexic,” or “bulimic.” Christ calls me child, beloved, and His.
- I am a woman who is God’s child and He calls beloved because I was bought with Christ’s blood, fully adopted into His family, a joint heir with Christ, and His joy is mine.
- I am a woman who was born depraved, but am redeemed, reconciled and restored to a right relationship with God.
- I am a woman who has been given a new nature and am being transformed into His likeness, not hopelessly stuck in sin and shame.
- I am a woman who was created to be a reflection of God, His glory, and His character; not to be a reflection of the people in my life.
- I am a woman who is married and whose personality, intellect, emotions, talents, and spiritual gifts are to be collaborated with my spouses to form a “one flesh” person — not to be overshadowed, discounted, hidden within my spouse’s gifts, personality, thoughts and emotions.
- I am a woman who is a blend of both strengths and weaknesses — my weaknesses do not invalidate my strengths and through my weaknesses God’s power can be displayed.
- I am a woman, who was sexually abused, but I did not cause it to happen and it no longer has to define who I am and how I react to life.
- I am a woman who has experienced pain, but I am not the pain. God will use the pain to develop His character, His compassion, His ability to comfort others in me.
- I am a woman and I am not inadequate. I have been gifted and equipped by God to serve Him and others.
-Wendy