Is it true that food obsession can be linked to spirituality? Author Geneen Roth certainly thinks so. I thought that this article was well articulated. Roth's best-selling book, "Women Food and God," is about women's struggle with body image and how it connects to food and spirituality.We live in an age where women are bombarded with images of what they're "supposed" to look like. Often, if women don't feel they're measuring up, they may go to great lengths to fit into what the world is screaming at them to become. Roth explains that this road is usually taken when women are searching for something else. There is a part of them that is longing to be fulfilled and they believe that their battle with food will help with this void.
Roth makes an excellent point when she states that we are, "Externally oriented." We have turned into a society that craves perfectionism. We are expected to have it all and do it all, often at the expense of our physical health. What is seen on the outside is deemed more valuable than what is on the inside.
Food is meant to be enjoyed...I certainly love to eat. We should be wary when it begins to become an obsession. This might be the time when we ask ourselves if we're being fed enough in our spiritual life.
The link did not work when cited in my post. The article may be found- http://www.cnn.com/2010/LIVING/05/04/women.food.god.geneen.roth/index.html.
ReplyDeleteI believe the passage 1 Cor. 10:31 speaks to this that whatever we eat, or drink, or do we are to do all to the glory of God. We need to watch ourselves and pray because anything, not only food or an image, can become an obsession and an idol in our heart. While it is not wrong to eat healier, get in shape, or dress nicely one can easily put their heart into perfecting these and lose sight of our real mission and that is to follow after Jesus Christ and glorify our Heavely Father.
ReplyDeleteMan shall not live by bread alone but by every word that proceeds out of the mouth of God Mat4:4. It takes discipline to control your appetite especially in this land of abundance. Keep it under control and do not trade your destiny for a morsel of bread like Esau did. Subject your body to spiritual exercise such as fasting. God bless.
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