--- title: "Shona's Story" date: 2018-06-08T00:00:00+01:00 author: Jacob Hilton canonical_url: "https://www.eauk.org/great-commission/stories/shona-story" section: Stories --- Great Commission is the Evangelical Alliance's evangelism and mission hub for stories that inspire and resources that equip us all to share Jesus. - [Great Commission](/great-commission) - [Stories](/great-commission/stories/all) - Shona's Story # Shona's Story #### Healed of Anorexia Nervosa as a child, Shona can testify to God's goodness when sharing Jesus with her friends [ ![Https vimeo com 281282442 1](data:image/svg+xml;charset=utf-8,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%27%20width%3D%271%27%20height%3D%271%27%20style%3D%27background%3Atransparent%27%2F%3E) ![Https vimeo com 281282442 1](data:image/svg+xml;charset=utf-8,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%27%20width%3D%271%27%20height%3D%271%27%20style%3D%27background%3Atransparent%27%2F%3E) #### Prayer | 0:00 ## 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of my illness, and so when I looked in the mirror I saw reality I saw that it wasn't" yeah, it wasn't great And so I guess that, combined with my family and church family praying and trusting in God for healing I was like, "oh this creator God isn't distant, He's close, and He cares, and He has healed me of this He had rescued me in more ways than just healing, but through Jesus, so I wanted to live the rest of my life for Him in whatever way that was I can testify to God healing me as a miracle" For my friends who aren't Christians it's really challenging for them to hear that and it brings up questions in their own lives of, "how is that possible Maybe there is a God It just makes sense of what I experience as a human in both suffering and joy, who God is and what He says in His word" So that's, I guess what I often appeal to with my friends, is, "oh what you're going through, like, Jesus makes sense of this Come see what He has to say And you'd be surprised how easy it is to share 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