Growing up in Douglasville, GA, Elana was focused on one thing and one thing only - softball. She wasn't just playing pickup games on the weekend, she was competing at a high level on her high school team. Her softball aspirations didn't end with graduation from high school, as she planned to compete in college as well. In college, she set a personal goal to compete in the Olympics. Her single minded focus on softball may have contributed to what turned into deep depression and then an eating disorder. She felt her life spiraling out of control. She began reading about world religions trying to find an answer. One day when she was on the elliptical, she felt an unexplainable wave of emotion come over her which she could only describe as the love of Jesus. She committed her life to following Him, and her eating disorder was immediately healed. In three days, Elana Meyers Taylor will compete in the Olympics, not in softball obviously, but in both the monobob and the two-woman bobsled events. If you are a bobsled fan, none of this is new news to you as this will be her fifth Olympics, and she will be competing for her sixth Olympic medal. I will be cheering her on. Click here for Elana's testimony in her own words.
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