tiggerbug

I'm 36 yrs old and had lap-band surgery on 6/11/03 at 242 and now weigh 230 -- I am taste those 220's. I'm married with 2 girls and have been wanting to lose weight for the last 15 years - well I have lost and gained and lost and gained...you know the routine. I love the NEW ME and can't wait to get my first fill on 8/13 as I have not much restriction now.
GOOD LUCK to everyone that has been banded or thinking to be banded or about to be banded. I don't regret this for one moment
Barbara S
6/11/03
Dr Carter

I don't think it's a matter of "blaming" god for everything. As a believer, I believe that God, as creator of everything, has a plan for my life. Yes, I have free will and can choose to do my own willfull things that are not part of his plan. I also don't believe that just because I live a good and faithful life that everything will be peachy keen. If everything is perfect in my life, how will I ever appreciate it? I've gone through trials and tribulations and when I have come out of them, I appreciate where I am so much more because of what I've gone through. How can you enjoy and appreciate the sun if you've never experienced the rain?
And as for God making us in his image. God didn't physically make us in his image, but spiritually. Adam and Eve were perfect, free from sin, and had eternal life as does God. Because Eve chose to eat the apple and Adam followed her in eating it, thye sinned and thus were not wholly in God's image any more.
How does having WLS mean you don't believe in God? So having any type of life saving surgery, any medical attention, heck, even going to the dentist means I don't believe in God? It means I'm a sinner because I choose to go to someone instead of praying my cavaties away?
I no I am not ok. I am not near ok enough to be accpeted by God. But through the salvation of Jesus, I have been washed of my sins and made whole again.
What kind of class is this that you're going to?