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My name is Eldon Gormsen
and I would like to share my story of God's working in my life. I was first introduced
to the message that is being taught at Weigh Down classes by my wife Sara
who had been attending classes and went to Desert Oasis 2000. Even though
I had struggled with keeping my weight under control for a number of years,
I thought that this was just a good thing for the women. Hearing Sara talking
about the basic principles of Weigh Down (eat only when hungry, stop when
full) seemed reasonable and I lost around forty pounds, but I had missed the key
- a changed heart. In July 2002, I finally totally submitted to God's control
and leading in my life and let him change my heart also.
Here are a few of the changes God has made in my life now that I am seeking to do His will every moment of every day. I really love God and I have laid down the sins of anger, greed, pride, self-centerdness, and lust. Words cannot express the amount of joy and peace that I have now in my life. I have lost over fifty pounds, but more importantly I am a new creation from the inside out. I never will go back to the way my life was before. My heart breaks for those people who are searching for the same thing but cannot find it. It is really so very simple - just do what God asks you to do every moment of every day. The apostle Paul summed it up while under trial in Rome when he said, "So then, King Agrippa, I was not disobedient to the vision from heaven. First to those in Damascus, then to those in Jerusalem and in all Judea, and to the Gentiles also, I preached that they should repent and turn to God and prove their repentance by their deeds" (Acts 16:19-20).
I am so thankful that God has lifted the veil from my eyes. I now truly do see and understand what His will for me is and God's word has become alive to me. God has worked a miracle in my life and has given me the life that I have sought after for many years but was unable to attain because I was not giving total control to God and obeying Him in every area of my life. In three months God has transformed not only my life, but my marriage and my relationship with my children. My life seems like a dream: I have an incredible marriage, obedient children, and an overflowing thankfulness and love for God. I thank Him everyday that he has chosen me and my family to be set free. It is an incredible feeling. Proverbs 1:7 says, "Fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge, but fools despised wisdom and instruction." Since I was in high school I had tried to live out this verse. But only now do I truly know what it is to fear God and I pray that my life will display true wisdom that can only come from Him.
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