That night when I got home from work, I confronted him. “Bob, let’s at least go to a counselor or our pastor to see if we can work things out.”

“There’s really no point.” Bob stated with no emotion. “I fell out of love with you a long time ago.”

His words were like a slap in the face. They stung my heart and I felt betrayed and abandoned. How could he do this to me? We’d been together almost twenty-one years.

When he left, I started eating to soothe myself. I knew better, but at the time I really didn’t think about the consequences. I just wanted to dull the pain of his rejection. But in the following months, food became my only source of happiness, and I began to eat whenever I needed a pick-me-up.

After several months of moping around, I felt God telling me to stop turning to food and start turning back to Him. At the same time I felt the Holy Spirit telling me that even if Bob didn’t love me anymore, God always would. Now was the time to turn my hurt over to Him and rely on Him as my true source of joy and comfort.

If you think you may be an emotional eater, or if you turn to some other distraction when you’re stressed or upset, it’s time for a change. God’s deepest desire is to be our number-one love, and He is always there to help us through the hard times. “For since He Himself was tested and has suffered, He is able to help those who are tested” (Heb. 2:18).