Posted by
JellyToast on Thursday, June 05, 2008 7:59:27 AM
Yep! Ready to get out there and make things happen today!
Thank God for coffee!
Ya know, I messed with coffee once! I questioned it's importance in life.
Years ago, , back when summers seemed a little longer, I worked at a fine church camp as a lowly dishwasher. Better known then as a Hobart Technician! One of my duties was to make the coffee. For several days I secretly made only decaf. I don't know why I did it. To this day, I swear, I don't know why I did it. I was having some issues at that time, I guess. After about the third day, people began to catch on. I was confronted by a large, burly camp counselor. I still remember him looking at me,, standing across the counter,, with his empty cup in hand, me holding a mop,, and those screaming camp kids behind him eating their breakfast.
He said to me,, looking straight in my eyes, "Are you messing with the coffee?"
I stood silently. I was caught,, exposed, right there. No where to go. Nothing to say.
He said again, "God made coffee for a reason, son. Are you messing with God's coffee?"
His words were like fire! Me? Was I messing with "God's" coffee? Me? What had I done!! I wanted to run and hide! I felt so dirty, but, I could barley move. Terrified! I was frozen,,, standing there,,,, gripping that mop! His eyes still fixed upon me, I mumbled something. I don't remember what I replied, exactly! Then, suddenly, like awakening from a dream, I found new life,, and I moved. I made another pot of coffee fast! And this time it was real! It was really real!
Somewhere there's a lesson.