Healing..

Hello Everyone! I am new to this forum but am so glad there IS a Christian forum!! I have been overweight since before I was able to walk and have been asking God for healing since I ran to Him at the age of 6. My weight problem has affected every single aspect of my life from what I allowed myself to like or pretend not to like ie. horseback riding to the colors of clothing I chose. I want so desperately to be free from this disease. It doesn't look like surgery is going to be the answer. I am now 47 years old, and insurance will not allow me to pursue this avenue of healing. Would you please pray that God would help me discover the avenue to healing HE wants me to find???? I am getting more ill all the time and because of a back injury, cannot exercise like I need to exercise. I have no answer and there seems to be no way but I KNOW THAT GOD HAS A WAY!!!! Amen? Thanks and blessings to you all! Love, Judy

Hi Judy - Amen - God has a way and a plan for your and His plan is GOOD! Did you try to appeal the decision by your insurance? I will pray for you! It seems that so many are bound by this addiction/affliction. It truly does rob us of our freedom, and yet, Jesus came to set us free... so we can have hope. Take care - post again and keep in touch. Love in Him who loved us first, Carolyn

Thanks Carolyn, I really appreciate your response. I have not tryed an appeal because even my Doctor says that he has dealt with this insurance for years and they WILL NOT pay. There is an iron clad exclusion included in my insurance policy. I surrender to God with this disease and give it to Him to handle because I simply don't have the solution and never did. I have found freedom from alcoholism, drug addiction and other things but this one is very insidious and not sure but probably demonic. If it's in His hands.....there will be a solution even if it's me going home where there IS NO SICKNESS!!! Thanks again, Judy

Hi Judy nice to meet you . I am new here too and am not sure if I will be able to have the surgery either. I am still waiting to be able to contact the insurance company to even see if it is one that they do. So I wait. But I know what you mean about being bound up due to the obesity. We can't do the things we want, and Jesus did come to set us free. I have struggled for 30 years with being fat. I even had my stomach stappled back in 1982. Worked for about 6 months. I was young and did not obey what the doctor said do. Oh how I wish I had done as told and not stretched out my stomach. But so now I am like you I need prayer. I have had so many people pray for me over this. Back in 2004 I lost 95lbs on my own. Kept it off for a year trying to lose more. Finally gave up and went back to my old ways of eating. I just got burn out. I weigh more now than I ever have. But I just keep asking the Lord to help me find the answer to this thing that I can not seem to get control over. Then when I can't seem to get the victory over it, and I overeat I then of course feel terrible. My husband and I are in the ministry, and I so often tell myself why is it you can help others over come their addictions and yet you can not even overcome your own. I can not tell you how many times our church has prayed and CRIED with me over this situation. I find myself holding back and not giving my all... due to the fact I weigh over 300lbs. Yet all I can do is ask the Lord to HELP Me. I know that he has the answers for both of us. We just can't give up AMEN!!!

Oh Dona, Thank you so much for your response. I know exactly how you feel because I am over 300# now too. I too have prayed about it, asked for healing, asked for deliverance and asked for this surgery. I am done asking now and will just surrender. I give it to Him because I have no solution. I have no idea how to become free. I am trying again after a lifetime of trying to eat better. I don't binge eat and my husband says I don't overeat. It's been that way all my life. Anyway, I surrender. I give it to Him and wait for His hand. I know that my weight problem has kept me more humble than I probably would have been otherwise......so I am trying to see it as a positive. Now, my health is being compromised and I honestly want to LIVE my life just once before I die. I want to do the things I was never able. I want to be healthy. So, I surrender to the Great Physician and wait...... Thanks again and God bless, Judy

Hello Judy, i know exactly what you mean.. God bless you and i'll keep up my prayers for you too. Im in the same situation it seems with insurance so far.. i was told they do it now im told they may not and then i was told that my insurance has changed, and then it wasn't .. im so tired of rollercoasters without the real ride.. God bless you Paula

Hi Paula, Thanks for responding! I hate that it has to be such a fight to get well! God said, "I am the God that heals thee" and that should be the end of it......IMHO!!!!!!!! But, it's not that way because we have an enemy who wants to destroy us and who will fight us every step of the way! You have a lot of hope hon and I do believe God is going to grant you this surgery! Lots of hoops to jump through but you can do ALL things through Christ who stregnthens you!!!! I don't like roller coasters......or maybe I just THINK I don't like them!!! (lol).......but there will be an end to the ride! Hold on and follow through....YOU CAN DO IT through Christ!~ God Bless and Keep You, Judy