tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7276278342039529509.post2888208316453608324..comments2024-03-18T00:53:33.065+11:00Comments on in all honesty: dieting and gluttony (7) Love to Eat, Hate to Eat by Elyse FitzpatrickJeanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01538502318975037711noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7276278342039529509.post-9799899921424767582009-08-07T17:21:34.914+10:002009-08-07T17:21:34.914+10:00Thank you, anon, for your honesty and for sharing....Thank you, anon, for your honesty and for sharing. I'm sure you're right: that the issues are complex and mixed up with lots of other issues for many women. I find it hard enough to deal with this whole issue myself, without a lot of the other baggage! Let's keep praying for each other.Jeanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01538502318975037711noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7276278342039529509.post-32981481719579092042009-08-07T16:25:54.209+10:002009-08-07T16:25:54.209+10:00Hi,
Coming to this series really late. I've ...Hi,<br /><br />Coming to this series really late. I've appreciated some of the insights and thoughts - I've definitely been challenged.<br /><br />But as a Christian woman in ministry, who has suffered in the past with an eating disorder (EDNOS) over a long time (17 years and counting), I've found them quite hard. I've read Elyse's book, but in the end thought it was quite unhelpful.<br /><br />An eating disorder is just that dis-order. So many things are mixed up in your head. EDs are often accompanied by depression and anxiety, and it can be hard to work out what comes first! Sin is a factor, but doesn't explain all of what is going on in our messed up heads. And for many, if we could just change they way we think and act differently, we would. <br /><br />I guess I'm just trying to ask for grace and gentleness in the way we speak about this whole issue. There is a world of difference between ordinary women caught in the trap of putting her value n how she looks or what she weighs and those enslaved by ED's, especially those who are Christian who know that their identity is found in Christ and are whole in him, who want to change, yet at times unable to see any way out.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7276278342039529509.post-86205742275566215642009-03-15T21:23:00.000+11:002009-03-15T21:23:00.000+11:00Thanks, Amy. Oh, dear, remind me when I met you, I...Thanks, Amy. Oh, dear, remind me when I met you, I am so bad at names and I met so many people briefly!!<BR/><BR/>Yes, the book was a little disjointed, wan't it? One reason I wanted to summarise it in this post was to get it clear in my head. I find that many Christian books are like this. <BR/><BR/>One reason I like Tim Chester's "You can change" (which I recommended yesterday) is because it's from the same kind of biblical counselling convictions as EFitzpatrick's book, but it's actually methodical and CLEAR!<BR/><BR/>What puritan comments did I make in my posts on this topic? I can't remember after all this time!! I am planning an extra post on this topic soon, about the link between gluttony and selfishness (a personal take from my own recent experience) so keep a look out if you visit here again!<BR/><BR/>Good to hear from you. Looks like we're checking our computers at the same time.Jeanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01538502318975037711noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7276278342039529509.post-26461149061914272522009-03-15T21:14:00.000+11:002009-03-15T21:14:00.000+11:00Hi Jean, we met briefly at mentiring one-on-one, I...Hi Jean, we met briefly at mentiring one-on-one, I'm Amy ( not Just, the 'other one'!)<BR/>I also read this book and found it interesting and helpful, but a little disjointed. I found I jumped around and read it in bits and pieces.<BR/><BR/>Re: this whole series, thanks so much for posting your thoughts on this. It is a topic that I have been exploring and praying about myself. In the process of trying to work this out I've loved your thoughts, particularly the puritan comments.<BR/><BR/>A link I'd like to share with you is a talk by Crystal Munson at Mars Hill church, on gluttony. I got quite a bit out of this and if you felt like revisiting the topic again yourself, you may too :)<BR/><BR/>http://www.marshillchurch.org/media/christian-womanhood-/gluttonyThe Librarianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00200331339095421330noreply@blogger.com