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Category Archives: Addictive Behavior (Including Eating Disorders)

Have you found yourself struggling to overcome habits or choices that seem to have control over you? You are not alone.
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Jesus Calls Us to Live In Freedom

Today Can Be Different Posted on August 21, 2024 by SherylAugust 21, 2024

For years, I felt powerless to say no to the behavior associated with anorexia nervosa and bulimia. Hunger pangs would shoot through my navel to gnaw at my spine. How crazy was it to starve myself, even though food was always available?

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Posted in Addictive Behavior (Including Eating Disorders) | Tagged anorexia nervosa, bad habit, bad habits, bulimia, freedom, freedoms, Romans 6:12, satisfying life, sin, weight gain, weightloss

When We’re Not Ready to Give Up Our Sin

Today Can Be Different Posted on July 16, 2022 by SherylJuly 20, 2022

The immediate reward we experience when we take a wrong turn to engage in immoral behavior can be very seductive. The initial pleasure we experience can blur our once-established boundaries, overshadowing our ability to discern right from wrong.

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Growing Spiritually at Red Lights

Today Can Be Different Posted on February 2, 2022 by SherylFebruary 2, 2022

I’m convinced that had it not been for the direction, strength, joy and peace God’s Word provided, I wouldn’t be sitting at my laptop today. Instead, I’d likely still be in a mental health facility – or may have committed suicide.

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Are We Addicted to Snark?

Today Can Be Different Posted on February 6, 2021 by SherylAugust 12, 2023

You thought you could stop any time. Next thing you know, you’re hooked. What went through your mind when you read the opening sentences? Likely you thought about an addictive behavior you or someone you care about is struggling with. … Continue reading →

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Are you having a difficult time this Christmas season?

Today Can Be Different Posted on December 12, 2020 by SherylDecember 12, 2020

If you’re feeling beaten down by life, know there are people praying for you. May you feel our love (and especially God’s) this Christmas season.

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My name is Sheryl H. Boldt. I’ve been married to my loving husband Bert B. Boldt, II, since 2006. He and I each have four children and four grand­children. Besides writing for my blogs, I also work for Wave 94 in northern Florida and contribute to several newspapers and publications. From personal experience, I am a strong believer in the power of God to redeem me — and my life!

 

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