Coffee Conversations

Have you ever had so many failed attempts at something that you began to believe God was trying to tell you something? Recently, it's been coffee. And because I have it so infrequently, I simply couldn't believe God was using it to get my attention. After all, it's a sedative for some of us and since I'm a light weight who drinks only six ounces of the cup of eight that I'm known to press, it could hardly be considered an addiction. Or so I told myself.

But then 1 Corinthians 10:23 reminds us that "everything is permissible, but not everything is beneficial. Everything is permissible, but not everything is edifying." (BSB) So I sat with that for a while and invited Holy Spirit to clarify what my issue with coffee was. It turns out it was an addiction or idol that in fact I was letting be my counselor, confidante and cure instead of communion with the Lord.

Color me convicted!

Apropos of nothing else, is it me or does anyone else find reading license plates irresistible? Done say the brain is a pattern-seeking muscle.