Two Sins

I think God has been trying to get my attention.

To be honest it’s not that I’ve been avoiding Him or thoughtlessly forgetting Him.  On the contrary I think of Him all the time, longing for the moment I reconnect with Him.

There has been a certain emptiness I’ve been suffering with and naturally (because the emptiness is so uncomfortable) I’ve looked for ways to fill myself (food, coffee, pats on the back)

Jeremiah 2:12-14
My people have committed two sins:
They have forsaken me, the spring of living water,
and have dug their own cisterns,
broken cisterns that cannot hold water.

The strange thing is that even now I still look to fill myself with other things- usually I don’t realize I’m doing it until afterward.  But now upon some retrospection I can see what’s happened, and it makes me sad.

Sad that I still do this.

But thank God it is so easy to just speak the words “I’m sorry” and return to Him, and all is forgiven.

All I need to do is turn around and start going in a different direction and my life becomes more full- and I even get help turning around- Awesome.

Come and fill me up-
brian doerksen 1990

I can feel You flowin’ through me
Holy Spirit, come and fill me up
Come and fill me up
Love and mercy fill my senses
I am thirsty for Your presence, Lord
Come and fill me up

Lord, let Your mercy wash away all of my sin
Fill me completely with Your love once again
I need You, I want You, I love Your presence
I need You, I want You, I love Your presence [Lord]