“Charm is deceitful, and beauty is fleeting, but a woman who fears the Lord is to be praised.” -Proverbs 31:30

Growing up, my dad was my biggest fan. I asked him for his advice on everything, from how to thread a sewing machine to what kind of job I should have when I grew up. He was my role model, and I loved him dearly.

My dad liked nice things. I never knew what his income was, but we always lived in nice homes and went to private schools. I took regular hula and piano lessons. I loved music, and I know that love undoubtedly started with my father, who sang with a beautiful baritone voice. I was my father’s daughter, through and through. His approval meant everything to me, and I always tried to do what he told me to do.

When I was 18 years old, my dad announced that he was leaving my mom after 23 years of marriage. My mom told me that he was leaving because she was old and fat. She was 42 years old at the time. I was devastated. The message sent to my heart rang loud and clear: don’t get old and fat or else no one will love you.

Out of fear as the years passed, I made sure that I never gained weight, and was constantly being told that I looked “so young” for my age. When I got married to my husband Joseph, I was 41 ½, almost the same age that my mom was when my dad left. On my wedding day my dad walked me down the aisle and then passed away shortly after.

I’m almost 60 years old now, and for most of the last 17 years I have been consumed with how I looked, because I always believed the lie that no one would love me if I got old and fat. I started an online fitness business when I was 48 and ran it successfully for almost 10 years. I did hardcore workouts and sustained many injuries and experienced constant burnout because my motive was not true health, but chasing eternal youth. I felt utterly lost, empty, and without purpose.

“What good would it do to get everything you want and lose you, the real you? What could you ever trade your soul for?” -Mark 8:36  (The Message)

And then, 2 years ago, I heard about Revelation Wellness.

I went through Revelation Wellness training with Platoon 15. I attended retreat with the heart of a businesswoman who was wondering how this “new business” was going to fit with my “old business.” Remember, I was my father’s daughter, and I liked having money. But something profound and transformational happened in my heart during retreat. I didn’t want to work for myself and on myself anymore. By God’s grace, I started really “getting” it. I belonged to Jesus–mind, body, spirit, and finances.

I am now the Director of Administration for Revelation Wellness. At the time I trained with RW, I was the breadwinner in my family, and it has been a walk of faith the past year, but our oil jar has never run dry. God has provided everything that we’ve needed and more. I feel more blessed and more secure in my Original Design than I ever have. I am still Daddy’s girl, but now it is my Heavenly Father that I long to please.

No matter who you are, freedom comes as you accept, and begin to enjoy, your own design. God made you YOU, and He delights in you.

Fran Patoskie, Revelation Wellness Director of Administration

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