Just One Touch

Jeremiah 2:13
"For my people have done two evil things: They have abandoned me--the fountain of living water. And they have dug for themselves cracked cisterns that can hold no water at all!

I'm so distracted by senseless passions
Tempting my wandering eyes
But ever pursuit brings me closer to the truth
That only You can satisfy
-The Way the World Turns Sanctus Real

"Jesus would rather die than live without you."

My blog is titled whom do I run to? Lately I've been running away from God and into the arms of another. When that person broke my heart I would run to another person's arms. I would keep searching for someone else to fill the void that the previous person left and yet I was always left empty. I have busied myself and made little time to spend with God. I was feeling more and more dissatisfied with life. I was stuck. I was emotionally unstable no even better I was emotionally miserable. I was left more dry, thirsting for something more. The solution was always in front of my face, but I kept allowing myself to run in the wrong direction.

I became obsessed because I allowed my noxious thoughts to rule my life. I made it easy for sadness and anger to take my life over. I became distant. I became heartbroken. I longed for something more. God had it for me, but I was too stubborn to listen. I tried to fix things on my own and in return I created an even bigger problem than before. I was spiraling into destruction. I was confused, lonely, lost, and spiritually sick, but this is the great news: it's not too late to turn back. I have made the decision to turn back and run no wait sprint into the arms of God for forgiveness, for mercy, and ultimately his love which will never leave me unsatisfied.

I have put up the white flag of surrender. I can no longer attempt to do this on my own. It is absolutely impossible to do anything apart from God. Jesus would rather die than to live without me. He died so that he may live not only with me, but within me. This is the time to allow my heart to be open to him. I will plead for one touch of healing from him and in faith know that he will. In his perfect timing he will definitely heal me.

Jesus Heals Many People

 ¹⁴ When Jesus arrived at Peter’s house, Peter’s mother-in-law was sick in bed with a high fever. ¹⁵ But when Jesus touched her hand, the fever left her. Then she got up and prepared a meal for him. ¹⁶ That evening many demon-possessed people were brought to Jesus. He cast out the evil spirits with a simple command, and he healed all the sick. ¹⁷ This fulfilled the word of the Lord through the prophet Isaiah, who said,
   “He took our sicknesses
      and removed our diseases.”^{[d]
Matthew 8:14-17}