Comments on: “A New Name,” Emma Scrivener on finding healing from an eating disorder https://anitamathias.com/2012/07/17/a-new-name-emma-scrivener-on-finding-healing-from-an-eating-disorder/ Anita Mathias's Blog on Faith and Art Thu, 14 Nov 2013 01:07:32 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 By: Anita Mathias https://anitamathias.com/2012/07/17/a-new-name-emma-scrivener-on-finding-healing-from-an-eating-disorder/#comment-17993 Wed, 18 Jul 2012 12:18:12 +0000 http://anitamathias.com/blog/2012/07/17/a-new-name-emma-scrivener-on-finding-healing-from-an-eating-disorder/#comment-17993 Yes, indeed No is a very hard word to learn to say. I too am conditioned to say Yes, and one does develop that way.

But you do have to realize that churches are hungry systems and organisations and that they will use and abuse and burnt out the people who cannot say No.

And lots of church work is not necessarily spiritual. Or even necessary!!

The better path as Jesus told Martha is to sit at his feet.

Saying No is hard, but the enormous freedom and release once it has been said!!

Blessings, will pray for you 🙂

]]> By: LA https://anitamathias.com/2012/07/17/a-new-name-emma-scrivener-on-finding-healing-from-an-eating-disorder/#comment-17992 Wed, 18 Jul 2012 00:50:33 +0000 http://anitamathias.com/blog/2012/07/17/a-new-name-emma-scrivener-on-finding-healing-from-an-eating-disorder/#comment-17992 Powerful, powerful post!! Thank you again for sharing something so wonderful!

I wonder if the power for her to say “yes” to Jesus, is the same power I need to tap in order to say “no”. I've just started setting boundaries in regards to my church work in order to spend more time with my autistic son. And it's been very, very hard. Amazingly hard.

I will definitely pray on this tonight – thank you again for this thought-provoking post!

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