please help me,

[sunsetjulie02911]

[BIBLE][/BIBLE] hi my name is julie, I am a Christain, I need help very badly!!! I stuggle each & every day with my eating disorder!!! I will starve/beinge/laxitive abuse,, I think saten is tempting me with this! I am not in therpy, I just want God to heal me!!!I pray practally everyday about this issue, i do fine for awhile, then, i keep retuning back to my old ways!! I am letting the LORD DOWN!!! I feel I have lost all determation!!! any suggestions? PLEASE PRAY FOR ME JULIE[BIBLE] [/BIBLE]

 

[MyaShane]

Hello Julie and welcome.

We're certainly here to listen, pray, and help as much as we can. Do you have anyone close to you family/friends that knows and can help, too?

 

[sunsetjulie02911]

thanks for replying to my post, well my family cannot understand my battle with this eating disorder, they all know i have been like this since i was 12 years old, they are more or less tired of it all, which i don't blame them!!! I am abusing the body of christ when i give into this tempetion, this i know!! I wish it would vanish,?? thanks for your reply &praeys love julie

 

[Soulwings]

I think we all wish that praying and drawing closer to God would heal us. And in some cases, that may happen. But in other cases, counseling, nutritional guidance, and/or treatment may be in order. We are only abusing our bodies in a sinful manner when we make plans to harm ourselves - it is completely different if we try and get better but cannot do so simply because we can't force ourselves to eat at all, or eat properly.

I encourage you to seek treatment. Getting help from people isn't a bad thing, and God doesn't disagree with it, I am sure! Cling to God while you go through this - since He'll give you the strength to persevere - but don't believe that if He doesn't miraculously heal you, then you won't get better at all. That's not the case. And even in healing, He works through other people, rather than just snapping His fingers and POOF! you're better (I think we all wish that our EDs would vanish like that. ) - and the healing is slow and causes us to grow in patience.