feeling sick?

Last week Erick and I both got sick. I can't remember the last time I was sick like that. It was a bad stomach bug of some sort. I never recall my tummy hurting so bad. I was sitting there praying for God to make it go away, to get the sickness out. It got me to thinking... we hate being physically sick, we do not like feeling bad or being in pain. We moan and groan and beg and plea for it to go away so we can feel better. Don't you think we should be that way spiritually as well? I mean think about it. When you are sick, you clearly have signs that you are; you can feel it and see it. What about when you are spiritually unhealthy? Shouldn't we feel sick when we are falling away from God? Are there signs, symptoms, pains, moans, praying to get better? Do we crave feeling spiritually healthy as much as we crave feeling physically healthy? Shouldn't we? Even more so maybe? We should be able to tell when we are "sick" spiritually. We should know the signs, feel the pain, see the destruction, seek out help to "feel better", etc. It would be great if we treated our spiritual lives that way... not wanting one hint of "sickness" to creep in to bring us down and hold us back from living the life we are meant to live. As much as we hate being sick and feeling bad, we should despise being away from God and do whatever we can to restore our "health". We should be on our knees crying out to God to draw us closer, to forgive us, to restore us, to cleanse us, to take away anything hindering us, etc. We should not want to remain "sick", the pain of it should be overwhelming and pushing us to get better.