I was thinking as I poured my morning coffee, of the variety
of ways people enjoy coffee in the morning. Of course there is black coffee,
coffee with sugar or sugar and cream, coffee with artificial sweetener, which
opens the door to numerous brands of sweetener.
When that has been selected there is a multitude of flavored creamers
from which to choose.
Some will pour coffee and let it set and cool a bit, some
like the hottest coffee to help them start their day. I have always been one to
think that coffee should be made to taste as good as it smells. Even before I became a regular coffee
drinker, I liked the aroma and have yet to find a coffee that tastes that good.
I remember my grandfather, mom's dad, who would be served
coffee in a cup with saucer. Not that he was fancy in anything, but he liked to
tip the cup and let the coffee run into the saucer where he would blow on it
and cool it a bit. Following the "saucering and blowing," would come
the noisy slurping sound of drinking it from the saucer. You won't find that method in any of the etiquette
books for obvious reasons, but that was his habit of enjoying coffee.
Are there days when we feel like we need another cup of
coffee before we can think straight? We insist on some strong coffee to help us
get fully awake and motivated. In fact,
there are some who keep the coffee pot going all day long just so they can have
the stimulant to keep them focused. Follow all this information with the
suggestion of some doctors that we should back off on our coffee, while other
doctors think it doesn't hurt us. In spite of all the disagreement, we still
like to make coffee an important part of our day, some even visualizing a cup
of coffee that is always full.
Jesus was waiting near a well one day when a woman made her
daily trek to the well to draw water. They exchanged conversation about the well and the
water but Jesus really stirred her thinking when he advised her he could
provide living water and those who drank it would never thirst again.
We know Jesus was speaking in terms of a spiritual filling
while the woman was trying to interpret his words from the physical viewpoint.
When Jesus revealed himself to her and told her "everything she ever
did," her eyes were opened and she believed his claim of being the
Messiah.
How full is your cup? Why would we think of attempting to
face life's struggles and disappointments with less than the full cup of
everything Jesus supplies. His presence,
living inside the life of every Christian gives us the opportunity to always
experience his fullness, even to the point of overflowing and reaching the
lives of others.
The closing words of the New Testament Book of Hebrews,
" Now may the God of peace, who through
the blood of the eternal covenant brought back from the dead our Lord Jesus,
that great Shepherd of the sheep, equip you with everything
good for doing his will, and may he work in us what is pleasing to him, through
Jesus Christ, to whom be glory for ever and ever. Amen."
The fullness of Christ living in us, will
make us never thirst again.
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