I was listening to a talk the other day by Fr. Glenn Sudano, and it spoke to me so profoundly that I took on the task of writing this book. Allow me to recount what I took away from it.

We are all wounded. Each and every one of us have scars that remind us of our sufferings and shortcomings. They are part of who we are. And try as we may to cover them up, we shouldn’t – because they are beautiful.

Jesus endured the greatest suffering of all: the Cross. And when He rose again after the third day, He greeted His loved ones and showed them the scars on His hands where He had been pierced. Thomas even put his hands in the holes. His wounds weren’t infected, but glorious and glowing. They were a victory.

That’s how we need to treat our wounds. Are they infected or are they glowing? Our wounds are the signs of the suffering and trials in our life, and they need to be washed in His divine grace. We must allow His Light to shine out of them. For in our weakness, we are actually strong, through Christ. He suffered first, and won, thus allowing us to do the same.

Therefore, I am writing this deeply personal and oftentimes disturbingly honest account, revealing my wounds from the anorexia that ravaged my body eight years ago. I hope it offers insight into the insidious nature of the disease, so as to shed light on what your loved one is going through.

Through these words, I hope to expose the inner thinking of someone struggling with the disease. It’s what I wish I could have told my parents and loved ones at the time, but couldn’t. It’s what I wish they would have known. What I wish they would have understood.

I preface this, that this account is from when I was fully engulfed in my disease. My thoughts were not clean, nor pure. They were dark. Very dark. But it is in exposing that darkness that I hope to allow His Light to shine through these wounds so as to bring hope and help to others.

386 thoughts on “Glorious Wounds”

  1. Thanks for sharing your life with the world. You’re a healer. Thanks also for the likes on WayofthePromise. If I can be of service to you let me know!

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  3. Wow! There is healing in Jesus. Thank you for your courage to share. You will continue to touch many lives. Blessings!

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  5. I’m impressed by and love your open truthfulness and honesty about such a sensitive and personal matter. These are both godly qualities and their presence in our conversation and action shows that our intentions are good and that we can expect good outcomes. May God continue to bless and guide you.

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  6. Hi: Sorry I couldn’t quite find another way to contact you. I have nominated you for the Liebster Award. I apologize if you have already done this Liebster thing and don’t worry if you have but I like your blog / site a lot and wanted to let you know that. You can —if you want to go along with it all, see your nomination and my questions on my last post of 4/8 https://wordpress.com/view/janetawel.com
    Thanks for doing what you do so well,
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    1. Oh my gosh! Thank you so much! Oh wow what an honor!! I really appreciate it 🙂 Hugs and love xox

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  9. you can dis on biden. but he s not trump which is good. sorry about your issues, but the psuedo words beauty are merely a cover for your cold as ice conservative take. and this life is our thanks and what we bring to it.

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      1. yeah sure. but i disagree with you. biden is a decent human being. trump is not. and the gop and the right wing and esp jan 6 traitors. all need to go to jail. trump is not pro life. and on and on meet me on and on john. your foe

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      2. Just to be clear, the Jan 6 event was carried out by degenerates that absolutely deserve consequences to the full extent of the law

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      7. Well, the other 229 people haven’t had any issues leaving a comment, so perhaps its on your end

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      9. just be glad it isnt son tom. he would say who are you? where are you? he s a conservative. but me , i hate conservatives. i proudly voted for biden and kamala too. all hail president harris~! whoah~

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  10. Hi Caralyn. I am trying to order a tube of your whitening toothpaste. Running into roadblocks wherever I try to do so. Will you send me a tube, please? Jan Beekman, (UPS or FedEx= 7 Mallards Roost Rd) or USPS @ PO Box 1477, … both ways the town/state are = Ennis, MT 59729

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