Comments on: Pondering Life Over Coffee

By: Lady_Hawk49

Lady_Hawk49 — Mon, 23 Mar 2009 17:31:52 +0000

This is fantastic and so true. Let me learn to follow those rules of simplicity and drink a much bolder cup of coffee!

By: Joe Sturgill

Joe Sturgill — Thu, 10 Jan 2008 20:43:31 +0000

This parable offers wisdom, but my cynical eyebrow raised at the notion of a university professor who acknowledges God. Academia has long been a bastion of atheism…but it is comforting to imagine (in the punchline of comedienne Judy Tenuta) “It could happen!”

By: deannecrawford.com » Pondering Coffee

deannecrawford.com » Pondering Coffee — Sat, 05 Jan 2008 01:29:26 +0000

[...] ministries shared a beautiful word picture of contentment using coffee. I encourage you to read it here. It is simply beautiful to me how the Lord can use anything, even coffee, to open my eyes to more [...]

By: Pure and Sensible

Pure and Sensible — Fri, 04 Jan 2008 04:22:16 +0000

I really like this story. My dh sent this to me via email.

By: admin

admin — Thu, 03 Jan 2008 16:21:00 +0000

Yes Celia, God suplies everything.

The point the professor was making in this story is they chose the cup based on appearance. Sometimes we chose things (job, friend, purchase) without consulting God–i.e. outside His will. God gives us the life (coffee) we choose by free will the direction.

Thanks for the comment. Good point needing clarifying.

By: Vienna

Vienna — Thu, 03 Jan 2008 13:57:26 +0000

I agree with you Celia. God does supply the coffee and the cups. It is good to be thankful for both. Stress may be coming from wanting certain cups, but on the other hand it may be coming from the wanting the coffee.
Don’t worry, we get what the illustration means. Stay in balance. Listen for the voice of God and constantly go to Him for a heart check-up. It’s all about the heart of the person.
My husband and I were a little out of balance recently. Well, especially me. But I think I was constanly concentrating on being happy with the shabbiest cup. See, if you are always picking the cheapest, smallest, cracked coffee leaking cup to make do with you are probably making the same mistake as the person who is always choosing the best for themselves.
I have a small illustration. We had the same furniture for thirteen years, and our family had clearly out grown it. Now we have been nearly obsessively saving and getting out of debt for the past three years so I tried to not complain about the furniture. But one day I felt the Lord tell me He’d like to give me something, what would I like? Without hesitation I replied, “A new couch!” (I shocked my self with that response.) But I was even more shocked when we had a new entire living room set, not just a couch, two weeks later. Believe me, this living room set was much better than I would have provided for us. The Lord knew I needed a new cup. He provided a much prettier cup to supply my need, which was a place to plant my behind. Isn’t God good?

By: Deanne

Deanne — Thu, 03 Jan 2008 13:17:11 +0000

Oh, Robin, I just LOVE this! I want to link it from my website, as I recently did an entry on Coffee Humor…this puts my coffee addiction in its RIGHT perspective!!!

By: Celia

Celia — Thu, 03 Jan 2008 12:39:33 +0000

I love this post. Gratitude is one of my favorite subjects and this one really made me ponder.

I did stumble over one point though. The article said: Jobs, money, and position in society are merely cups, and then a little later it goes on to say: God brews the coffee, but he does not supply the cups.

Am I wrong here, but according to 2 Corinthians 9:9-11 and James 1:17, aren’t all things provided by God…all good gifts? In my mind since we often pray to God for the right job, home, etc., does that not imply that He is in charge of those things. Yes, we completely ignore Him at times and go for what we want anyway at our own peril.

I’m sorry I do not mean to nit pick…I do love the article, but lately I have also been pondering how many “little” thoughts I might have about God that aren’t true and contribute to my overall lack of trust and understanding of Him which leads to fear. The little foxes do spoil the vines.

Thank you for all you do and God Bless you,

Celia

By: Angela

Angela — Thu, 03 Jan 2008 06:16:19 +0000

Robin,
You did it again!… said just what I needed, right when I was started to feel stress over finances. The coffee cups & coffee are a good analogy. God Bless!

By: Robyn

Robyn — Thu, 03 Jan 2008 01:00:54 +0000

Hi Robin,
Well said!!! Ohh BTW, did you have winners for the book giveaway this week? Im praying I will win before it’s over..,lol.