In this episode, we talk about your pain being someone else's gain. The test that you went through has created the testimony and you're able to now share that with other people - Don't forget how powerful that is. Talk about finding the silver lining, right?

I mean, talk about taking a bad situation and turning it around for good.

I am grateful for all the times I struggled. Be grateful for the times that you might be struggling right now and be grateful for the time you might be struggling in your weight loss because this is going to make such a great testimony.

Some day, when you become a leader or you become a Code Red coach or you go to spread the Code Red message, this is going to be your testimony. This is going to be the story that hooks people in and they're going to gain from your pain. They really are. 

It's a tremendous gift. I mean, it's kind of sounds sick and sadistic, but enjoy the struggles. You can enjoy your life even in the middle of the struggles. You really can. You can just sit back and say: “All right, what else you got? I'm smiling.”

There are other people who are going to benefit from your struggle and maybe it'll help you kind of keep your chin up a little higher and just keep putting one foot in front of the other.

That's all you can do right now. Just keep trucking forward. You can totally do this. You're a rebel, you're strong.

I just hope what I share with you in this episode helps put things into perspective for you. Stay tuned.

Key Takeaways:

• I hung on to bitterness about what I went through, up until recently (5:19)
• A few years later, a guy who earned my trust stole money from me (6:33)
• Someone else is going to hear my story and they're going to be healed (6:56)
• Embrace the struggle. That is your test that's becoming your testimony (7:53)
• Staying strong every day through your weight loss journey (8:25)
• When the Bible says pray for your enemy… (9:28)
• Your ongoing crisis or weight loss struggle will make for a great story (13:08)
• I am grateful for those rough times and thankful for those struggles (14:05)
• I’ve got some good stories now and I’d not trade those times for anything (18:05)
• Do not forget, your test becomes your testimony, and that there's power in that (19:30)
• Pray for the people that hurt you, pray that they will come to an understanding of what they did, ask for forgiveness, and start walking the straight and narrow (19:41)

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