As I was putting dishes up last night I remembered just how
many coffee cups we have. The collection of cups from my parents is
intermingled with our own. There are cups from motorcycle dealerships, Disney
World, various vacations, scripture cups and more. They are threatening to burst open the
cabinet that holds them. Do I need this many cups? Not really. But which cup do
I discard? Which cups are not worth having? I can’t bear to part with one, for each has a history,
each tells a tale and even the broken ones that have been pieced back together are
important.
I choose my morning coffee cup often based on my attitude or
feelings of the day. I love to drink from “It’s YOUR Day!” a birthday cup I got
many years ago. It reminds me to tell the Lord it’s his day to do whatever He
wants to do with my life. I enjoy the
cup that reads “Go ye into all the world…” to share the Love of God with people,
the Gospel, the Good News.
That rag taggle, mismatched group of cups reminds me to keep
asking God to fill my cup. I would be a totally empty shell without God’s love
filling me to the brim. There are times when I need an extra helping of God’s
love to get me through. Just like I need more than one cup of coffee. Without a serving of God’s love that I allow
myself to have every morning I would be tasteless and there would be no
sweetness to draw on for my day.
Oh beloved, as you drink your cup of steaming coffee, or
cocoa or spiced tea, take a moment to savor the richness of God’s love. Pour in
a generous, running over cup of His love. Stir it into your heart. And drink of
it. Drink and keep drinking. Pour it again, fill it up and let it run
over. You need it. You will be lost and
confused without it. Don’t be miserly
with this Love for it is never ending.
No frugality needed here, rather abundance should be the word. The more you allow yourself to taste of God’s
great love, the more you will know you are accepted, chosen, redeemed and
forgiven.
Fill my cup, Lord; I lift it up Lord; Come and quench this
thirsting of my soul. Bread of Heaven, feed me till I want no more. Fill my
cup, fill it up and make me whole.
God loves you and He’s for you can drink from that truth
forever knowing His love never runs dry.
Psalm 73:26 My flesh and my heart may fail, But God is the
strength of my heart and my portion forever.
Psalm 23:5 You prepare a table before me in the presence of
my enemies; You have anointed my head with oil; My cup overflows.
Psalm 36:8 They drink their fill of the abundance of Your
house; And You give them to drink of the river of Your delights.
Psalm 34:8 O taste and see that the Lord is good; How
blessed is the man who takes refuge in Him!
1 Corinthians 13:8 Love never fails;
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