A Thought.....

[blessedmomof5]

If someone does not eat because of an ED, are you held accountable before the lord? esp if you leave behind children that he has put in your hands?Is it a sin to literally starve oneself to death, be aware of it,and not accept the help. a sin also?

 

[silentpoet]

Well putting aside the eating disorder and just addressing the issue of dying in sin. What I do know is God does have great mercy and all things do serve His purpose. Also I do know that God has said "I will have mercy on those I will have mercy" Meaning to me we cannot know on earth.

As for the sin in starving to death, I really don't know. What I do know is our body is the Temple of the Lord. And so we must take good care of it. However I do not consider most mental illness a sin, there may be elements of mental illness in all sin. But I cannot condemn a man or woman who just cannot overcome the flesh. And I think God knows us intimately. So He knows how hard it is for each person to overcome. So I think God judges more rightly than I can. For who am I to say a person should go to hell or heaven, I don't know the every detail of their hearts. God knows and I think we are told of His great mercy. So if I were pressed to a judgement I would lean on the side of mercy if Christ was in them at all. Some just can't overcome and we loose them. And it leaves me teary eyed to think this, but God has more mercy than we do so perhaps He judged their sorrow too much for Earth and took them to heaven. I cannot say, but I do know God is great in mercy and redemption.