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The web content is a personal essay detailing the author's struggle with an eating disorder, their spiritual surrender, and recovery, alongside a call to action for reader support and engagement with additional content.

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The website features a deeply personal poem titled "He Held Me When I Was Weak," which encapsulates the author's battle with an eating disorder and the spiritual journey that followed. The author describes moments of physical and emotional pain, the desire to be free from the illness, and the act of surrendering to a higher power for strength and healing. The narrative includes a raw depiction of the author's vulnerability, their plea to God for release from their suffering, and the eventual sense of peace and purpose they find in their faith. The essay concludes with an invitation for readers to support the author by becoming Medium members through their referral link or by donating via Buy Me a Coffee, as well as a suggestion to explore another article about a Tesla road trip.

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  • The author expresses a profound sense of personal struggle and the need for external support, both divine and from the reader community.
  • There is a strong theme of spirituality and faith as central to the author's recovery process.
  • The author's vulnerability is evident in their description of physical symptoms and emotional turmoil.
  • A sense of hope and renewal is conveyed through the author's experience of surrendering to a higher power.
  • The author values community support and encourages readers to engage with their work and support their writing financially.

Poem of the day

He Held Me When I Was Weak

My faith cradled me whole in my most profound surrender.

Author’s unskilled drawing from November 2019, mental acknowledging I needed a way out of my Eating Disorder.

I Surrender

I curl under my covers Stabbing pains from head to toes My bones shrink further in to warm me A pillow top or comforted down, my bed gives way to restless sleep

Uncontrollable shaking cracks into my teeth I can’t live this way any longer My body is done My heart slows and skips beats

It strained my thoughts to care for others Far off smiles I recognized but passed by to leave undisturbed I forgot whose life I was living I wanted it back as my own

I asked God to take me Hold me in his embrace Let me thrive in the world above my covers Take my chains and unbind me

Free me from the rusted shackles strangling my limbs He alone hears me I ask, and He answers I believe and receive His promise

I am God’s child What I have left, I offer up My life and my soul for God’s great purpose I answered His call to stay and serve

I closed my eyes to slumber My head stretched out above the covers At that moment, my heartbeat was full and steady Drifting off, relaxing in His surrounding Peace

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