Why do we settle? I am drinking Folgers Coffee. I don’t even know how to spell the garbage that is widely known as coffee. I am amazed that people everywhere want “Folgers in their cup” because I surely do not. I am really just using this cup of coffee as a way that I can blog right now. I went and grabbed a very strong cup of bad coffee so that I could type. Isn’t it funny how this works in life. We endure things that we don’t necessarily enjoy in order to accomplish something else. I wonder if Jesus was thinking along those lines whenever He endured the pain and death of the cross in order for us to live. I am amazed at how we like to compare things. I just compared the death of our King of Kings to a cup of Folgers. BLAH, another bad sip. Hmm…things that I do in order to do something else…I create a Tech sheet to avoid a hundred questions from the team members (though I get about 50 anyhow). I guess some things are worth enduring for something else.
How does God fit in? If I know that God is in control…that helps. If I know that God loves me…that helps. If I know that I am created to worship Him…that helps. If I know that I am forgiven…that helps. How does knowing all of this help? How do our responses help? Let me know what you think.
I’m finally done with this horrible coffee… I wonder if it was worth drinking…
1 comment:
I too suffer through terrible coffee every morning. I need to send a memo to my co-workers asking to petition our current coffee supplier! Anyways...I also drink coffee to "get going" in the morning. 7 am comes incredibly fast and I run to coffee instead of running to God. The other week at work I had a good days. Not just a good day-one of those kick butt, tap on the back, jump up in the air kind of day. I finished a project and it turned out beautifully. I quickly took the credit and maybe even gave some to my ten cups of coffee that day! Then I went on to a mentor retreat that night. We discussed humbleness. I always viewed myself as a humble person---wo---way wrong! I realized that even though I didn't publically state my greatness at work that day, I gloated inside. I had to step back and see that I had prayed that morning on my way to work for God to take me through the day. God had worked through me and helped me use the talets that He had given me. It's so great to get 'kicked in the butt' at times by my fellow mentors. So next time I sit down to drink my terrible coffee in the morning, I will remember that it is not the coffee that is carrying me through the day-it is God.
Thanks for sharing your view of Foldgers that lead to a great thought. oh...and i totally agree with you....haha.
Have a great day and think about switching to tea :-)
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