Becca Barlow

Infobox musical artist
Name = Rebecca Barlow


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Background = band_member
Birth_name = Rebecca Elizabeth Marie Barlow
Alias = Becca Barlow
Born = birth date and age|1979|11|24
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Origin = Elgin, Illinois, United States
Instrument = Vocals, Electric Guitar, Acoustic Guitar
Genre = CCM, Rock
Occupation = Singer, Guitarist
Years_active = 2004 - Present
Label = Fervent
Associated_acts =BarlowGirl
URL = http://www.barlowgirl.com/
Current_members =Alyssa Barlow, Lauren Barlow
Past_members =
Notable_instruments = Vocals, Guitar

Rebecca "Becca" Elizabeth Marie Barlow (born November 24, 1979) sings background vocals and plays both electric and acoustic guitar for the Christian pop and rock band, BarlowGirl. Her bandmates are her two sisters, Lauren Barlow and Alyssa Barlow. She is the oldest of three sisters, each of whom are in the band. Becca, along with her sisters, is a youth ambassador of the National Day of Prayer 2007. [ [http://www.ndptf.org/freedom/Index.cfm?Entity=19&Department=30&Dept_Order=1&This_TopicOrder=1&This_SubtopicOrder=1#10 National Day of Prayer Youth Ambassador Website] ] She was homeschooled from seventh grade on. [ [http://www.thehomeschoolmagazine.com/How_To_Homeschool/articles/notyouraveragegirls.php "The Old Schoolhouse" BarlowGirl article] ]

She cites painting, cutting hair, cooking, and fixing automobiles as her hobbies. [ [http://www.barlowgirl.com/bios/rebecca/] Bio from barlowgirl.com]

Eating disorder

Barlow is open about her prior struggle with an eating disorder, which she developed at around the age of 18. “Every time I looked in the mirror, I told myself ‘My goodness, how fat. You look terrible today.’ It never seemed to get any better, and I felt worse and worse,” she writes.cite book |last= BarlowGirl |coauthors=Andrew Barlow |title= More Than Music |origyear= 2006 |publisher= Word Entertainment, LLC |pages= 53-54]

Reading a magazine story about a woman’s struggle with an eating disorder prompted her to follow the same path. She ate very little and worked out “for two or three hours per day”. Eventually she reached emotion exhaustion. “When I was nineteen, I found myself one day with my cheek pressed against the cold tile of the bathroom floor, with nothing left to give, no energy no hope: I was done trying.

“As I lay there, God touched my heart. He revealed to me that all my destructive efforts to shrink my body were not making me feel any better about myself…I felt His sadness about how I’d been destroying the temple He’d created and realized that I’m truly beautiful in His eyes…He filled [my heart] with love, acceptance and hope. I was so completely grateful for His healing that I pledged on that spot to love and serve Him for the rest of my life.” ]

References

External links

* [http://www.barlowgirl.com BarlowGirl's Official Website]