I believe all it takes for someone’s life to be transformed is one touch; one touch from the Creator of the universe, the King of kings, Alpha and Omega. My childhood was full of church functions, ordained family members and the basics of a “godly” life. I was saved at an early age and knew that Jesus was truly living in my heart. I was always excited to attend church and enjoyed helping out in any way that I could, even at a young age. My parents were the children’s pastors at our church and always lived out Christ in front of me. Throughout middle and high school my enthusiasm for Christ began to fade, the excitement and determination that had once accompanied me was quickly slipping away.
As many do at age eighteen, I moved out of my parent’s home and moved into an apartment, with what I thought at the time were my three closest friends. At this point in my life not only was my excitement and determination for Christ quickly slipping away, but was basically non-existent. I went on to endure the hardest nine months of my life. I went though trials and errors that at one point I thought I would never struggle with. I finally hit rock bottom and decided I needed to separate from the crowed I was hanging out with, this happened to be Easter weekend. I stayed the night at my parent’s home that Saturday night and went to church with them on Easter Sunday.
During worship I begin to cry and humble myself before the Lord, I knew the life I had been living was not the one He intended for me to live. In this moment I felt the one touch from God that absolutely transformed my life. I believe had it not been for this one touch, I would not be who I am today. I believe I serve a God, who is waiting for us to humble ourselves before Him, so He can fill us with his awesome goodness.
Before this touch I served God in a different way, I now experience God’s awesome touch daily, but it simply took truly feeling the hand of God one time to never want to go back. God is full of mercy and grace; He is not a condemning God waiting to reprimand us for all of our wrong doings. Since that moment I have been on fire for my King, my Savior, and my Father, that one touch is all it took to get the excitement and determination I had once experienced back in an even greater amount.
