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SweetSouthern · 10-27-2009, 09:47 AM

My dad was a baptist preacher when I was growing up and until he passed away and now my brother is a baptist preacher, so I have a very religous family and not once did this ever come up about my surgery. I guess they were all too thankful that I was going to be able to "keep living" by having this surgery to worry about if God was mad or not.

Does God not love reformed alcoholics? Does God not love reformed drug abusers? Does God not love smokers that quit smoking? What about gambling addicts? Does God get upset because these people seek out help and get better? It does not matter in what form the help comes in.....not all things can be fixed with the same process or procedure. It depends on the end result! What matters is you took control of your sin (if that is the way you see it) and you made it right again. Ask for forgiveness, if you feel this strongly about it.

God is a loving God, why would he hold it against you because you started loving the physical body that he gave you, since this is what you say he wanted you to do to start with?

When your child is small and reaching to grab something off of a table that they are not supposed to touch, you tell them no.....but they grab it anyway. You are disappointed and try to guide them in the other direction when you can. Then one day, you tell them no and they don't grab it and go do something else that they are allowed to do. Does it make you angry that your child finally listened or do you sigh relief and say to yourself, thank goodness they finally listened? I think that gets my point across.....

I think God would rather you find something else to occupy your brain cells and stop feeling guilty for something he does not intend you to feel guilty for. Say a prayer of thankfulness to him for what "HE'S" giving you! I do EVERY DAY! There are alot of people in this world that do not get this gift and are dying slowly everyday from morbid obesity. Consider yourself one of the chosen few that gets to have this surgery to better your life. I was one of the chosen few that God gave me my dear, sweet mom whom I love with all my heart that worked to get the $30,000 to pay cash for my surgery to keep me alive. That is being blessed....how can I feel guilty? I am just THANKFUL! Just stop and say thank you.....

Edited: And I just read the OP's last post clarifying that she does not feel guilty about surgery but that she feels she should worry more about other things. Dear, if you are sick or worse...almost dead..from being obese in the long run, you wont be able to think about anything else or be any good to anyone? Again, God WANTS us to take care of our bodies. Why can you not take care of your body and your family and your job and your house, etc.? Priorities..... There is NO shame in you being first on that list sometimes. Did God ever say we are to sacrifice ourselves always for others? I don't think so.