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Not just to the site, but to Christianity. Well...I used to go to church when I was younger, until I was fourteen or so, and was even a born again Christian. But, as terrible as this sounds, it was more about the social side of things than God.
But now I'm older, and have struggled with an eating disorder for many years. I'm currently at a healthy weight and experiencing minimal trouble with my eating, which is thanks to finding a faith I never really knew I had.
I'm just a bit nervous about putting my trust so wholly into something separate from myself...during the 10 years I had an eating disorder, I didn't trust anyone, and am finding it very hard to put my faith entirely in God, even though I want to.
Has anybody else experienced anything like this? And if so, how did you get through it? I really, truly want to be the most committed Christian I can be, and hate feeling that I'm letting God down by shutting HIm out, even as I want to let him take control (it's so hard to give up a control you have clutched for so long, and seen as the only measure of your success!)
I don't mean this to sound all desperate and angsty, because at the same time, I'm aware that God has managed to get through the tiniest chink in my armour...but I don't want to experience God this way, I want God to BE my armour. Any advice? Bible verses? Personal testimony?
Not just to the site, but to Christianity. Well...I used to go to church when I was younger, until I was fourteen or so, and was even a born again Christian. But, as terrible as this sounds, it was more about the social side of things than God.
You arent alone, that is more religion that what Christianity is about.
But now I'm older, and have struggled with an eating disorder for many years. I'm currently at a healthy weight and experiencing minimal trouble with my eating, which is thanks to finding a faith I never really knew I had.
I'm just a bit nervous about putting my trust so wholly into something separate from myself...during the 10 years I had an eating disorder, I didn't trust anyone, and am finding it very hard to put my faith entirely in God, even though I want to.
Alot of us have problems putting our trust into others, even God. You need to get yourself a foundation in His Word. We need to renew our minds to HIS promises and what His Word says.
Has anybody else experienced anything like this? And if so, how did you get through it?
Get yiourself well aquainted with Him, faith comes by hearing His Word (Romans 10:17) Get yourself in a church that follows the Doctrine of HIS Word..be cautious, because some of the churches teach the Doctrien of Men and Demons..
I really, truly want to be the most committed Christian I can be, and hate feeling that I'm letting God down by shutting HIm out, even as I want to let him take control (it's so hard to give up a control you have clutched for so long, and seen as the only measure of your success!)
I know how you feel, I am in the same position, I am a bit of a control freak, and it is hard to let it go. I believe it is something God will chisel away in time.
I don't mean this to sound all desperate and angsty, because at the same time, I'm aware that God has managed to get through the tiniest chink in my armour...but I don't want to experience God this way, I want God to BE my armour. Any advice? Bible verses? Personal testimony?
We are to wear the WHOLE armor of God (see ephesians) so that we stand firm against the wiles of the devil.
We are to hold everything captive to the WORD of God (II Corinthians 10:3-5)
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Yeah. Huge emotional issues. Changing your trust is like changing a house foundation. It costs a lot, you could lose some pieces that looked perfectly sound at first, but relied on the old foundation.
It's upsetting, it's emotional it's ... well, there's a list of emotions I got from "Sonship Seminars" that summed it up well:
-- This is easy!
-- This is ... hard.
-- This is impossible!
-- This is ... exciting!
It's hard. It'll ask you for things you might not expect at first, and at first they'll seem impossible. But I've learned to relax my white-knuckle grip and realize, God's holding me up, the Foundation for all reality.
At the end of our lives everyone gets to the point where we've got to commit -- or simply die with no hope at all. But we have Someone to hope in. So I find a certain comfort in coming to grips with that Object of Hope today, getting to be friends with Him before the real work of utterly relying on Him has to be completed. Going slow has always been easier for me than making that huge leap in the dark. So I'm starting now.
And it's never been perfect, not here. Pp 3:8-14, I think that's the watch-verse for my life.
__________________ "... not an unconcerned sitting of God in heaven, from which He merely observes the things that are done in the world; but that all-active and all-concerned seatedness on His throne above, by which He governs the world which He Himself hath made." John Calvin
To us, O LORD, belongs open shame, to our kings, to our princes, and to our fathers, because we have sinned against you.
Not just to the site, but to Christianity. Well...I used to go to church when I was younger, until I was fourteen or so, and was even a born again Christian. But, as terrible as this sounds, it was more about the social side of things than God.
But now I'm older, and have struggled with an eating disorder for many years. I'm currently at a healthy weight and experiencing minimal trouble with my eating, which is thanks to finding a faith I never really knew I had.
I'm just a bit nervous about putting my trust so wholly into something separate from myself...during the 10 years I had an eating disorder, I didn't trust anyone, and am finding it very hard to put my faith entirely in God, even though I want to.
Has anybody else experienced anything like this? And if so, how did you get through it? I really, truly want to be the most committed Christian I can be, and hate feeling that I'm letting God down by shutting HIm out, even as I want to let him take control (it's so hard to give up a control you have clutched for so long, and seen as the only measure of your success!)
I don't mean this to sound all desperate and angsty, because at the same time, I'm aware that God has managed to get through the tiniest chink in my armour...but I don't want to experience God this way, I want God to BE my armour. Any advice? Bible verses? Personal testimony?
Hi Cherly as well as everyone else,
I am new here also but if you don't mind I would like to share a little with Cherly as far as trusting God.
Cheryl, I had to trust God for a long time but more so in the last thirteen year's ,that is when I went to bed normal and woke up with crippling RA.
I can tell you this, without my trust in God ,I wouldn't be here today writing this.
He has seen me through so many times of just wanting to give up all together on life because of the pain and and suffering with this disease.
He has healed me of cancer and is helping me to cope with this disease.
I look at it this way I have nothing to loose in trusting God, he is faithful.I tried it my way and I failed and would still fail today if it were not for him.
There comes a time in life when you going through so much you are more then ready to say ,here I am lord do anything you want with my life.
I have found him working through out my life.I can not list all the miracles in my own life here or those I have seen in other's.
He may not always answer the way we think he should or the way we wish he would but I always keep it in mind, he has a plan for my life and its good.
God is dependable cheryl like none other.He always shows up no matter what it is.I still am living with crippling RA and it's still painful and it still takes a lot out of me but God hasn't left me.They said I would be in a wheelchair in less then a year but here I am going on thirteen year's and I have spent one year total in all those thirteen year's totally in a wheelchair.
cheryl>>>>I'm just a bit nervous about putting my trust so wholly into something separate from myself...during the 10 years I had an eating disorder, I didn't trust anyone, and am finding it very hard to put my faith entirely in God, even though I want to.
Help, I'm a newbie! 
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