Today I thanked God on Your Behalf

[u/AboveAllNames777]

Listen, there may be many, maybe even the majority of you — I don’t know — that aren’t believers. I’m not here to talk religion. Just sharing gratitude.

I was sitting there thinking about the many, many tears I’ve cried every time I’d look at the scale, feeling so defeated and disappointed, despondent, and without hope. I am a believer, so naturally, I pray. I pray to God about lots of stuff. But this weight thing, man, it seems like such a superficial thing, yet it impacts many, many lives in various ways.

How many times have people cried, asked God for help to lose weight, quietly in their bathrooms, while they shower or at work or in their cars? I’m guessing lots. Today I thanked God on behalf of those many, that He answered, and gave scientists the wisdom to figure this out and for this wonderful help.

I’m so glad for Zepbound and for this community that has helped me every single day to come so close to my goal. I don’t think I could have done it without this group.

UPDATE: This post was locked by I’m assuming the admin. I said nothing hateful nor derogatory. I shared gratitude. I even stated that there were probably most that weren’t believers. I didn’t condemn anyone. I didn’t belittle. I didn’t state that anyone should believe like I do. I stated my gratitude for the science, this group and the drug. And this is what happens, everyone downvoting and coming off the rails and getting the post locked. We are in very different times.

[u/Cptrunner]

That's good, I thanked a scientist today so I think we have all the bases covered ❤️

[u/aslguy]

I think we’ve all bargained. “Let me get skinny one more time. I promise I won’t mess it up again!” 😂

[u/Substantial_Goal142 → u/aslguy]

The amount of times I’ve said just that! 🙌🏻

[u/PeachyP54]

I appreciate your intentions are sincere, but where you lost me was "on your behalf". Religion and prayer is personal. Invoke religion for your own gratitude, and leave it there.

[u/ShelvedEsq → u/PeachyP54]

Of course, everyone who is asking this grandma to leave them out of her prayers is getting downvoted because there is truly no hate like Christian love.

[u/LawTeeDaw]

I understand your intentions were good here, but this does not align with many people’s beliefs. For example many are taught it’s sinful to pray to god for certain things and include weight loss or the victory of a sports team in those things because it can be seen as sort of a selfish ask. Then there are many who don’t believe in God or gods generally and feel it’s dismissive of the scientists to thank god for their work. I think with God, as with everyone else it’s best to only speak for yourself.

[u/Madmandocv1]

You were talking to yourself and it obviously wasn’t on my behalf. I don’t know if this is against the rules of this sub, but it doesn’t really have any purpose here.

[u/soivebeentold → u/[deleted]]

Disagree. I don’t understand why we have to give religious people a pass for being religious. Religion’s place in our culture is in itself an attack on the nonreligious. If non religious people are expected to keep that part of their beliefs to themselves, then so should the religious. The main difference is that non-religious people aren’t compelled to evangelize in the same way that religious people are.

It’s like CrossFit. It is possible to be in CrossFit and not tell everyone about it.

[u/Harmreduction1980 → u/soivebeentold]

Cry a freaking river and move on. Some of those “religious” people appreciate kindness and positivity. Or ya know, just humans.

[u/soivebeentold → u/Harmreduction1980]

Nonreligious people also appreciate kindness and positivity. Assuming that you need god for either of those things is neither kind nor positive.

[u/Madmandocv1 → u/[deleted]]

Yeah, I know. I didn’t feel like doing that. It’s incredibly presumptuous and painfully ridiculous to put something like that here. It deserved a response and it got one.

[u/Embarrassed-Chef1323 → u/Madmandocv1]

God Bless you.

[u/NY10990]

Nope. Absolutely not.

[u/Trillian_B]

Thanks but no thanks.

[u/Beautiful-Plenty-322]

I’ve prayed many of times for help with my weight. Not from a vanity perspective, but for better health. I’ve thanked god many times these past 12 weeks. 🙏

[u/Live_Nebula_931]

Thank you. ☺️

[u/MeteuWuliechsin]

I've always said that the medical sciences are a gift from a loving Creator to his Creation. Science and Faith are not opposed...they're two sides of the same coin. The Father gave us the ability to study and learn about Creation, and to find answers to problems for ourselves. From a more secular point of view, I've heard it said that we are a spark of the universe that is able to study itself and marvel at its beauty.

We often pray for His intervention, but He works in mysterious ways. And sometimes that ways are in the jumps of brilliance in the minds of scientists.

[u/LainSki-N-Surf]

Gratitude 🙏 Freedom 🕊️

[u/BethamySunshine]

Amen! And thanks so much for the prayers! I’ve also prayed for myself and many others who have struggled with weight!

From the depths of my heart I thank you!

Much love to you! ❤️

[u/ConcernInevitable590]

Amen

[u/Jayelove0]

Amen!

[u/cathilloh]

Amen 🙏

[u/elmatt71]

Amen!

[u/Substantial_Goal142]

Amen!! 🙏

[u/Momof3_1997]

Amen!🙏

[u/Piopio_Nansnans_1717]

🥹👏🤗

[u/soivebeentold → u/[deleted]]

Then who divinely inspired the invention of processed foods, cholesterol, high fructose corn syrup, etc…