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In 1997, I took my two
children, moved out of the house and filed for divorce after nine years of
marriage. I was at an all time high with my weight at 220 pounds. I was stuffing
myself into size twenty-two clothes. Depressed about my weight, my marriage,
my financial problems, and my children who were struggling at school, I began
taking Prozac. I also took prescription diet pills. The medication didn’t
change anything around me; it just made me not care about the disaster my
life had become.
After a six month separation, God was gracious enough to have my husband allow us to move back home. We then began attending a very large church in our area that had a huge children’s program. Desperate for friendship, God led me to a girl at the church who encouraged me to get into a Weigh Down Workshop class. That first twelve-week session of Exodus Out of Egypt, I attended only three classes. I began to see the fruit of this message because I did lose some weight. In order to hold myself more accountable, I signed up to be a coordinator. That way, I had to be at every class. I made it through the twelve weeks with a few more pounds lost.
I praise God for the Exodus Out of Egypt class because during this time, I was learning to actually study the Bible. I was learning so much! I understood that I was going to the anti-depressants and diet pills instead of God. God is the only “anti-depressant” that could ever work! And the diet pills did nothing to stop the lust of food in my heart. I flushed those pills out of the house, never looking back.
My marriage, however, was still on very rocky ground. I had tried going to counseling at our church and was basically told that I did not need to stay in this marriage. That same week, Gwen Shamblin had written an article in a magazine. The title of the article was “It Could Be Worse.” After reading that article I knew that I could not leave my husband again. God had allowed us to get back together and God hates divorce. I made a vow that I would do what it took to keep my marriage together; to find out what God wanted for this covenant relationship. God was gracious enough to allow me to have a husband. As I learned through Exodus Out of Egypt and Continuing the Journey, I did everything to please my earthly husband which, in turn, pleased my heavenly Father.
Here we are four and a half years later. After my husband and I attended the Weigh Down Advanced class, things have gotten even better! Our humble obedience has been so blessed. Without the truths taught in the Weigh Down Workshop classes, I shudder to think where this family would be today.
Everyone in the Ruble family has grown in the Lord. Our marriage is sweeter today than on our wedding day. Our children are beautiful vessels that God is pouring Himself into. God has blessed us with a home that is more than we could have dreamed of. This truly is a wonderful life. His praises are always on our lips. I praise God for His mercy and grace to allow me to live long enough to finally discover the truth of His Word.
To sum it all up, here are the changes that God has made in my life:
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