Is Having an Eating Disorder a Sin? The Bible About Bulimia?

[Wildputycat]

Elijah2- Thank you soo very much for your prayer. I appreciate it very much. Sweet of you. I'm going to use that one myself if you don't mind.
Bliz- Thanks for writing. I understand your view on this topic. How you see that gluttony is a sin. Very good points.
1NewCreation- Thank you for giving me that little push that I needed to go forward. I had been praying about this in the past alot but gave up. I will start up again though that now that you gave me the push I needed. Thank you for your prayers too. That's a nice verse in John I, too.
Jacquidube,I've been bulimic for 23 years but I can't just throw up automatically like you can. Almost wished I could though. I hope God can do a miracle on me like he did on you. And I hope he does one on you again. Thank you for your prayers. I will pray for you too.
Mickey1953- Thank you so much for your prayers. I appreciate it soo much. It means a lot to me. Soo nice of you since you don't even know me. I'm not used to people being so nice to me.
FraeleinElsa- I understand why you think it's not a sin. It does make sense. Thanks for writing me.

 

[bliz]

Dear Bliz.

I have made myself sick for 30 plus years. I was 10 years old when I first made myself sick because I just didnt want to go to school anymore. I did not know Christ then. I did not know I was sinning. I was 30 years old when I gave my life to Christ. I knew I was sinning. I was voluntarily abusing my own body but the eating disorder had already taken over.
I dont however purposely make myself sick. Its something I cant control. If I am not sick I believe I will either die or something is going to happen to me. There are certain foods I now avoid because they are what trigger my sickness.
I dont want to be like this. I cry out to the Lord. "Lord I am weak and I need your help" God in His own time will help me and many others who will cooperate.

Since reading this post I have eaten very little. Last night I was hurting. I wanted to be sick, but I held back and the holding back and not being sick is one of the hardest things to do. I held on to the food I had eaten that day and I truly want to thank Mickey1953 because after her prayers for me I felt guilty. I didnt want her prayers to be in vain. This may be the start of the healing process for me. I will try again today to not go to the toilet to be sick.

Praise God for what He is doing.

Dearest jacquidube -

My heart goes out to you and your circumstances. If I understand your situation correctly, while you do not attempt to purge yourself of food now, your body still responds that way after 30 years of abuse. You are painfully living with the consequences of past sin even though you are not presently sinning in this manner.

Even when God forgives us of our sins, He does not always remove the consequences of that sin from us. I knew a family where the husband became very ill and eventually dies from the effects of years of drug abuse. He had not used drugs for years and had become a Christian and a leader in his church, but the damage done to his liver caught up with him and, for reasons beyond my understanding, God did not choose to heal Him. Saddest of all, the wife turned aginst God in her anger over her husband's death.

I would strongly encourage you to get some medical and psychological help as you struggle with this. All healing is from God through whatever means. Take advantaage of all of the opportunities God has given you.

bliz