Eating disorders do not come from God. In fact, eating disorders such as anorexia and bulimia go against what God wants for our lives. The bible doesn\u2019t mention much about eating disorders, but there are a couple of verses that are mentioned in the bible, for us to care for our bodies.<\/p>\n
For example, 1 Corinthians 6:19-20 writes: Hence, we ourselves do not own our bodies, God does. And He wants us to glorify Him through our bodies \u2013 so by taking care of it, nourishing it, and keeping it healthy.<\/p>\n Eating disorders also distort our visions of ourselves. We look in the mirror and cringe at the reflection staring back. Not good enough, not thin enough\u2026just never enough. But God is a judge of the heart, not our outer appearance. He doesn\u2019t care if our stomach sticks out a little, or our skin isn\u2019t perfectly clear; He cares about what\u2019s inside. That is our choices of good and evil, our decisions, and motives etc. This is mentioned in 1 Samuel 16:7: Those with eating disorders would likely also have developed an unhealthy relationship with food. Restricting food intake, avoiding food, purging food, or even feeling guilt\/shame after eating. Genesis 1:29 writes that, God created food to nourish our bodies, not for us to fear: Recovery from an eating disorder is probably one of the hardest things you\u2019ll choose to do. It will be full of challenges you need to overcome every day. But remember, you do not need to overcome these challenges alone. The bible states that through the power of Christ, we CAN overcome these challenges. If there\u2019s one thing I\u2019ve learnt so far in recovery, is that negative thoughts and feelings towards food and yourself WILL come into your mind \u2013 pulling you down, discouraging you from recovery. However, we as the children of God have the right to bind those thoughts and make them obedient to Christ. Only Christ can deliver us from the bondage of our eating disorders. Our right to bind those thoughts, is mentioned in 2 Corinthians 10:5: Let me tell you, even though I am in recovery from anorexia, it doesn\u2019t mean I\u2019m free from those thoughts. In fact, I\u2019m far from it. Most days I still look at myself in the mirror and dislike what I see. The thoughts would start to feed my mind with negativity \u2013 to restrict, to avoid food, that I wasn\u2019t good enough etc. But during those times, I guess you just have to turn your focus onto other things, and bind those thoughts in the name of Jesus.<\/p>\n I don\u2019t judge people based on their outward appearance now \u2013 but rather on their personality. I love you based on your personality, your goodness, your strengths and even your weaknesses. Not on your looks!<\/p>\n In my opinion, anyone who is beautiful on the inside will definitely be beautiful on the outside regardless.<\/p>\n Centre your life on Christ; as the bible mentions that we must \u2018deny ourselves\u2019 in order to fully live for Christ. So surrender all to Him. Put our own desires aside, and seek His purpose for our lives instead. Check out Luke 9:23: Notice how God doesn\u2019t promise that by surrendering all to Him, our lives would be free of problems\/challenges. No way. But He does say that He will walk with us through every challenge we face in life.<\/p>\n God loves you ~ believe it!! You are his precious child. His beautiful and perfect creation. He loves you for who you are on the inside. As long as your inner beauty shines through, believe me, your outer beauty will shine just as bright. God bless.<\/p>\n Eating disorders do not come from God. In fact, eating disorders such as anorexia and bulimia go against what God wants for our lives. The bible doesn\u2019t mention much about eating disorders, but there are a couple of verses that are mentioned in the bible, for us to care for our bodies. For example, 1 […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":48980,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[183,185,10],"tags":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/scaccmm.sarawakmethodist.org\/new\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18272"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/scaccmm.sarawakmethodist.org\/new\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/scaccmm.sarawakmethodist.org\/new\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scaccmm.sarawakmethodist.org\/new\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scaccmm.sarawakmethodist.org\/new\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=18272"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/scaccmm.sarawakmethodist.org\/new\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18272\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scaccmm.sarawakmethodist.org\/new\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/48980"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/scaccmm.sarawakmethodist.org\/new\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=18272"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scaccmm.sarawakmethodist.org\/new\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=18272"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scaccmm.sarawakmethodist.org\/new\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=18272"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\n\u201cDo you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit within you, whom you have from God? You are not your own, for you were brought with a price. So glorify God in your body.\u201d (English Standard Version).<\/em><\/p>\n
\n\u201cBut the Lord said to Samuel, Do not look on his appearance or on the height of his stature, because I have rejected him. For the Lord sees not as man sees; man looks on the outward appearance, but the Lord looks on the heart.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n
\n\u201cAnd God said, Behold, I have given you every plant yielding seed that is on the face of all the earth, and every tree with seed in its fruit. You shall have them for food.\u201d<\/p>\n
\nDon\u2019t believe me? Take a look at Romans 8:7:
\n\u201cIn all these things we are more than conquerors through Him who loved us.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n
\n\u201cWe destroy arguments and every lofty opinion raised against the knowledge of God, and take every thought captive to obey Christ.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n
\n\u201cAnd He said to all, If anyone would come after me, let him deny himself and take up his cross daily and follow me.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\nBy Tiff<\/span><\/strong>\ncurrently studying in Australia<\/span><\/strong><\/pre>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"