Question for Post-ops!

Hi everyone!! I know I haven't posted on this board for awhile, but I have been lurking and reading and am truely blessed by everyone and what you say!! I am at the point of insurance submission (waiting for psych to send report in, which he is approving my surgery!) and more waiting. I feel at peace with this and the waiting actually hasn't been bad and time has flown by!! So....My question to those post-ops out there is "Do you feel like you have grown spiritually, closer to the Lord, now that you have lost the weight?" Please share any insight you have, I feel like I am changing even just getting to the surgery. Thanks!! God Bless! Lucy

Hi I got my surgery because I knew I had to lose my weight to do the work that God wants me to do. I feel that time is short and I need to be able to walk and move to fullfill the call on my life. That'a where it started. Through the process so far I have had to lean on God like never before. I saw Him seal a nasty infection in a bubble in my body where it could not hurt me until I was able to get treatment. I see Him helping me get through every procedure and operation. I am not far out-12 weeks-I have lost 75lbs and still have 225 to lose. I have learned that He is so very faithful and I love Him more every day. I don't know if that has to do with weight loss, but I know its true. hugs-Amy

I feel the same way!! I have to get my weight down in order to continue with what he has called me to do! God's timing is always the best and I am in the right place at the right time for this. Last year I couldn't have done it, or even 2 years ago. He knows exactly when we are ready to handle these things, even when we don't think we can. He knows!! For me its like the final thing in letting go of the past and pressing on toward the future. I am excited at what God has in store for me and How I will be when I lose the weight and get to goal!! Its exciting. You must be excited as well!! Congrats on your weight loss so far!! ~hugs~ Lucy

Lucy, I do feel my relationship with the Lord has grown much more intimate and I have more faith now as a result of this surgery. As I look back on a year ago, I had so much peace and felt so close to the Lord throughout the process of my surgery, and since then, even more so. My brother died suddenly at age 40 in October, just two months after my surgery. I felt peace about that, because I had spent last summer meditating on Psalm 139 to prepare myself for the surgery. I am now down 89 pounds, with 56 to go. I struggle now and then with bad food choices, but am learning more and more each day. Praying foryou. Hugs, Trish

Thank you so much for confirming this for me. I have been praying and dealing with alot of emotional stuff as well as the physical aspect of this and I feel like I am growing closer to him. Its all in his timing and I know thats why I have peace. I know he is doing alot in me to prepare me for the surgery and after it. I feel like I am changing as a person, because I am trusting him more. Its like I am entering a new season in my life. Could I have done this a year or 2 ago? Nope. I honestly can say that. I was not emotionally ready to handle this. God has healed me of alot of things from my past and I had to deal with those first before I could of ventured into this. Not that I still don't have issues that come up, but I just know there was no way I could have dealt with my weight and past at the same time. I feel like my weight is whats leftover from my ast or a reminder of my past!! Praise God he is freeing all of us!! Thankyou for replying to my question. Congrats on your weight loss as well!! God Bless! ~Hugs~ Lucy

Lucy, I know that I use to put food before God. Food was my comfort and my refuge. Now that food is not in the equation I have to turn elsewhere when I am in sorrow or joy. So in that regard I have grown closer to God. I has not been an easy road at times, because the taste of chocolate or sour dough bread with butter is so alluring. Thankfully I have a dumping problem if I eat wrong - and I really mean Thankfully. give God the glory even for that. Also I think the answer for me is that I have allowed God to use me again. It is when we are in service to God that we feel closer to him. He allows us to feel that tiny bit of joy that will be magnified when we are with him for eternity. My final point is that I try to start each day with a quick read of these posts. That leads me to open my Bible and pray and that my friend leads me closer to God. Hope this helps. Sally