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My Faith and My Eating Disorder
In the ten years that I have struggled with eating, body image, and self-esteem, the hardest part was bringing it to God. When I was in the thick of it, I hid it very well, but I was always thinking about it. After I thought I solved it, it was always in the back of my mind. Either way, the last thing I did was think about God’s hand in the whole situation.
I tried everything to lay it at his feet.
Bible verses never helped. I could memorize 1 Corinthians 3:16,17, 1 Corinthians 6:19, 20 and Matthew 6:25 (the typical eating disorder verses) and it didn’t change my mind. I still felt I too fat and ugly. Words are just words sometimes without the Holy Spirit.
“Do you not know that you are God’s temple and that God’s Spirit dwells in you? If anyone destroys God’s temple, God will destroy him. For God’s temple is holy, and you are that temple.” 1 Corinthians 3: 16,17 ESV
“Or do 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 bought with a price. So glorify God in your body.” 1 Corinthians 6:19, 20 ESV
“Therefore I tell you, do not be anxious about your life, what you will eat or what you will drink, nor about your body, what you will put on. Is not life more than food and the body more than clothing?” Matthew…
