The Black Devil…
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Ahhh, the black devil. It’s robust aroma. It’s full flavor. It is destiny in a cup. I’m a coffee purist. No sugar or cream. Just black like Darth Vader’s butt. A good cup of coffee is an experience. Savor it. Enjoy it.
But I noticed something yesterday, while on my fourth cup of the day (and by cup I don’t mean a sissy 6 ouncer. I’m talking a big honkin 24 oz. glow in the dark, filled with the spirit, TBN mug). I was dragging and said to the coffee (you know you have a problem when you’re talking to the coffee) ”one more time, baby.” I realized that I was using the coffee to get me through the day. At that moment, I thought I needed it.
I always didn’t used to be this way. I’m from Georgia and coffee there isn’t as big of deal as pork rinds. I was uneducated and started my journey with Kevin Bussey. He opened my eyes to Starbucks. Till that point I had assumed that it was coffee for people who liked to pay too much. That is where my love affair began.
Then as the fog lifted on my afternoon, I saw that my life was being run on caffeene and not fueled by the Lord. Big gut check. So now I sit here looking at my empty beast of a mug, drinking water and enjoying my day. (I’m not going cold turkey, one beastfull a day is enough for me)
What do we rely upon? Mine, was the black devil. Somedays more than others. I’m not saying that coffee is evil (unless it’s Yuban), but my dependence on it is. So what do you find yourself relying upon?
Oh and a note of those who buy those frilly-non-fat-soy-vanilla-mochiatado girlie drinks - that’s not coffee! Real coffee is so thick you need a spoon. It’s like a meal in a cup. It put the hair on your chest and makes your voice drop an octive. Men have died drinking real coffee. Ryan Dean, gingerbread latte is not a man drink either. Pull up your britches boy and be a man!)
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Ahhh, Gingerbread latte! LOL
Interesting thoughts there. I know many people who run on caffeine and have come to depend on it to help get them through the day (it is addicting I guess) At which point did you figure it got in the way of your spiritual life… and how do you think it did so?
Amen to the ” coffee is a meal ina cup” statement!!
peace
ahhh yes the “black devil” I too occasionally fall under it’s spell =)
How did it get in my way? When I realized that I thought that I needed it to get through the day. I was like? I need coffee to make it through the day?!? Woah. I’ve taken a wrong turn…
So I cut back. Making sure I keep Him at the forefront of my days.
I really like your post. It can be (for a lack of a better word) interesting to see the things we rely on in our every day lives; when the whole time we should have been relying on the one who created it all.
I guess I may have to cut back on the coffee at my Saturday morning men’s small group!
Puny little coffee addicts!