EVERY
SECOND IN A
DAY HE
LOVES,
REACHES
OUT ONLY TO
BE REJECTED
AND
BETRAYED.
-RUBY GETTINGER
Every second in a day He loves, reaches out only to
be rejected and betrayed. So who am I to say
anything; I became thankful. He gave me the gift to
love unconditionally with no judgment.
Faith Heart Magazine: Your story is powerful,
Ruby. You were once addicted to food. You were
obese. Your highest weight was 700+ pounds. Can
you share with our readers the life- defining
moment that caused you to transform your life?
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Ruby Gettinger:
I will always be addicted to
food... just like an alcoholic
will always be addicted to
alcohol, a drug addict
addicted to drugs.
Unfortunately, it will
always be in us lurking for
a way to expose itself and
attack me. As I travel down
my personal journey, I
always felt this as my thorn
in my side just like Paul
had his thorn. Of course I
know God has the power to
completely heal my thorn,
but this far, like Paul, He
has chosen to use it than
take it away. I always
knew something wasn’t
right with my food
addiction, because I'm the
kind of person that when I
make my mind up to do
something...I always
conquer. At my highest, I
was over 750. I am hacky
(happy) to say I finally got
down to my lowest 319.
I’ve had two setbacks since
then, so now I am working
my way back down to
where I was and then
setting attainable goals to
reach my destiny. I still
have days where I feel like,
"Oh, I can’t do this" What
is going to motivate me,
because I can't motivate
myself on these days? So I
start praying, and I say,
"God, You've got to help me.
I can't do this. I can't do
this." And then I have
talks with God.