by Paula Coleman | Feb 22, 2013 | Uncategorized
Most women believe that the answers to overeating and overweight are found in controlling their eating (through dieting) and not giving in to their hunger. Women in our diet-crazed culture have been led to believe that, without rigid controls, they will always want to...
by Paula Coleman | Feb 15, 2013 | Uncategorized
Right before the Apostle Paul tells us, “Do not be anxious about anything,” he sets the stage for his command by reminding us, “The Lord is near” (Philippians 4:5b). So, when I face the fact that I am afraid or anxious, I then ask, “How are you near when it comes to...
by Paula Coleman | Feb 8, 2013 | Uncategorized
Women are often mystified by their inability to keep weight off even though they so desperately want to stay slim. But when you listen to women talk about what their lives would be like if they were thin, you get a hint about why they never really do stay that way. “I...
by Paula Coleman | Feb 1, 2013 | Uncategorized
Has thinness always been “in”? Here’s a picture of what women felt pressured to look like in Rembrandt’s day: For many of us, looking like this depiction of Bathsheba would take no effort at all! And think of how beautiful Bathsheba had to be to tempt David into...
by Paula Coleman | Jan 25, 2013 | Uncategorized
Q: Isn’t my eating just lust? For example, when you are already full to the brim and you see something that looks good and want it even when you are convicted not to eat it. Don’t I need to repent and turn from my lust? A: I can understand your desire to address your...
by Paula Coleman | Jan 18, 2013 | Uncategorized
January is the month for starting diets, right? But before you launch into that new diet plan, see if this passage of Scripture sounds familiar: Since you died with Christ to the basic principles of this world, why, as though you still belonged to it, do you submit to...