Distorted image made new

In the day that God created man, He made him in the image (likeness) of God. Gen. 5:1

This is the story of ED. ED is not your typical male friend. But he wants to be your best friend. He will cheat you out of your God-given destiny with his lies, but you have stared into that distorted mirror way too long, and you believe that the image you see is really you. He will starve you away from the truth of who you are.

I personally have never met ED, but I know someone who has. She is the most beautiful young lady you could ever imagine, and yet ED told her so many lies that she took them to heart and made them her very own. And he almost killed her.

ED’s real name is Eating Disorder. And he became to Kimberly the eye of perfection. In reality, all he did was distort the truth to make it seem real.

Most of us have caught his eye, even if we did not give heed to his voice. And most of us began our gaze into the mirror of distortion around the age of 6 as grandparents told us we were the most beautiful things alive and we held the mirror to our faces to prove it was true.

Around the age of 10, however, as the chocolate made its way through our pores in the form of pimples, we gazed into that distorted mirror again – this time with disgust.

Mirrors are supposed to display the image of ourselves. And the Word of God says that In the day that God created man, He made him in the likeness of God. But somewhere along the way, Satan came up with a pretty clever distortion of the real thing, and some of us believed that what we saw was utterly disgusting and frumpy rather than the glory of God being poured out through us.

Statistics show that eating disorders have the highest mortality rate of any mental illness; however, only 1 in 10 people with an eating disorder actually receives treatment. Staggering, but the cost of inpatient treatment nears $30,000.

Nestled within the smoky little town of Brevard is Tapestry Residential Treatment Center for Women with Eating Disorders. Who would have thought that our quaint little town tucked away such a place for healing?

Some of you may know Kimberly Jones. She came to BCC from Tapestry, where she first found healing for her physical frame, and then through BCC found healing for her mind and spirit as well. God is so good!

Kimberly has organized a benefit called Operation Beautiful that will take place in Asheville on May 27, 2011 whereby she hopes to create awareness of this life-threatening disorder. All proceeds from the benefit will go the H.E.A.L. Tapestry Fund to help alleviate the financial burden of a woman in the community without insurance who needs intensive treatment at the Tapestry recovery program here in Brevard.

At our upcoming retreat this weekend, we will give our ladies opportunity to participate with Kimberly by donating to this fund either financially or with the provision of items to raffle/auction at the benefit. By doing either, you will be helping to save a life.

You can read testimonies and find more information by going to these sites:
Project H.E.A.L. - http://www.theprojectheal.org/
Operation Beautiful – http://www.operationbeautiful.com/
Tapestry – http://www.tapestrync.com/