As you can see, our relationship with food, eating and weight involves far more than whether or not we have the willpower to avoid a second helping or maintain a rigid diet. Hidden beneath the surface is our pain, our yearning, our ravenous desire to be loved, our longing to be cherished, to be protected, to belong, and to be valued and considered precious. As God's creations we sense that we are made for relationship. We sense our need for an intimacy that will satisfy our need for security and significance, our need to be protected and cherished in relationship......
Disordered eating does not satisfy our silent hunger. But according to the mercy of God, it will work to our good when we love him and are called according to his purpose...
I am convinced that all human beings have an inborn desire for intimacy with God. Whether we are consciously religious or not, this desire is our deepest longing and our most precious treasure. It gives us meaning. It is our silent hunger...
Our silent hunger does not go away. It may be repressed or suppressed. but it cannot be stifled. Ultimately our need for love, security, and significance must be satisfied. To do this we must, with God's help, resurrect and confront whatever issues have caused us to turn to counterfeit substitutes for intimacy. As these issues are resolved we will be free to delight in the fullness of life God lovingly provides for us and to live a life of self-giving love that glorifies God forever. He restores us to freedom. We are healed.
-excerpts from pages 29 and 30, Thin Again.
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