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Hello! My name is Sara Gormsen
and I must write down my testimony in praise to God Almighty for all He has
done!!!! I am overflowing with great joy as I get the opportunity to share
how God through His Precious Son Jesus Christ has used Weigh Down to change
my life FOREVER!
Before God brought Weigh Down to our local church, I cried out to God to fear Him because I knew the Bible said it was the beginning of wisdom and I KNEW I didn't fear Him and had no idea how to even begin. Also, right before God put Weigh Down in my life, on the way back home from church one Sunday, I asked my husband and confessed that I HAD NO IDEA how to KNOW God. The Word was "dry" and I had gotten in such a pit I had no idea even how to have a "quiet time" with Him. He tried to help, but really it was the blind leading the blind. I was sitting on the church pew heading straight down the wide path to hell and HAD NO IDEA. I was so sick, naked, blind, and wretched. But to everyone else it looked like I had it all together: beautiful sweet children (which I was ruling at home with anger and without very much love - 1 Cor. 13), always at church (from cleaning to nursery to running the children's ministry to baby showers galore), and looking like I submitted to my husband (but I truly had no respect for him when his ideas differed from mine). Do you know what, though? My standard was everyone else in the church instead of Jesus Christ - the plumbline of righteousness. Truly I was more submissive, more of a servant, more godly than most people in the church on the outside. Yet, now I see that God saw the inside of my heart which was full of idolatry, greed, anger, and pride. Our Holy God and His Son could not dwell in there.
So with incredible mercy and love God let me be part of Weigh Down. I reluctantly signed up for Weigh Down, being six months pregnant with our fifth child. I knew I needed SOMETHING, because gaining over ten pounds in one month was TOO MUCH! I had heard of Weigh Down before, but because of shameful pride I thought once a week and $100 was embarrassing to admit to and commit to because of my weight problem which I had been battling for years.
Well, from the beginning I KNEW Gwen Shamblin KNEW God as she snuggled up on that couch and shared what her relationship was like with her Father. I had never heard of that from anyone. I also knew IMMEDIATELY when she told us that overeating was sin, an idol, and a huge heart problem-it was TRUTH!!! It was like a huge light bulb went on; I praise God for showing me my sin! I knew I'd never go to any other diet or program. Praise God that I knew this was the path to freedom in Christ and abundant life that Jesus talked about! Weigh Down Advanced set it all more straight and clear, and I praise God He allowed me to see that my SELF had set itself up inside this body, God's temple, because I ruled most of the time!
I have counted the cost and I have sold EVERYTHING to find this God and His Kingdom!!! I will never go back as each day I am thrilled to even be alive to serve the Great I Am . My pre-pregnancy weight was 168 poundss before Weigh Down. God has taken fifty pounds of greed from me and I now weigh 118 pounds. I could go on and on with the blessings and jewels from my sweet Father. He has been way too good to me and our family! May you see that HE alone gets all the praise and glory and that this lamb has followed the VOICE of Jesus Christ my Shepherd!
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