Every morning my husband makes coffee for us as part of his
daily routine. I am blessed with a cup
of coffee each day as one of the ways he shows his love to me. As we get ready for the day, I often make him
a second cup of coffee while he works with our team to plan the day. I understand his love language is acts of
service, so making coffee and cooking a warm meal at night is considered a
blessing to him.
Recently I was making coffee for my husband as he got ready
to go to work and our day changed. I put
the pod into the coffee maker like I do every day and hit the brew button. The coffee maker then made a noise I had not
heard before and then shut down. I felt perplexed
staring at the machine. My perplexed feeling
was like opening some mail addressed to me and finding the contents
missing.
Did I do something wrong?
I tried again. Nothing. I unplugged the machine and gave it a time
out. I waited a minute and plugged it in
again and pushed the button. Same
results.
At that moment you would think I gave up. But no, I am too stubborn for that. I unplugged the obstinate machine and waited
five minutes. Surely it would understand
its time was growing short? I plugged
the machine back in and hit the button.
It made the same strange noise and then turned off.
I reluctantly informed my husband he wouldn’t have his warm
brew to go and then made plans to purchase another machine. I tried to look at the bright side. At least we received our morning cup of
coffee before the machine decided to quit on us.
I made some changes to my day and set out to replace the old
machine. When I arrived to the local
store with a newly found coupon, I discovered the coffee machines have changed
a lot since we last purchased one.
Change. They looked different in
every way and I knew this change was going to be a challenge to both my husband
and myself. Neither one of us liked
change. I made my choice and purchased a new coffee maker.
I brought the new machine home and took it out of the box. The new machine was so fancy. There was an app
for your phone to brew from a distance if one chose to do so. This new machine was smaller than our
original one and the water reservoir seemed smaller as well. Even though I read the box, I had to pour
water from the new reservoir to the old coffee makers one. Looks are deceiving because the new one
actually held more water. I was satisfied
with my trial and set the new coffee maker in its spot. After reading all the instructions and
setting up an app on my phone, it happily made a hot cup of coffee without any
complaints.
Both of us have been struggling with many changes in our
lives lately. The many business changes,
and now home changes with the coffee maker.
I felt a quiet reminder of Ecclesiastes 3. Everything is going to change. As much as we both would like things to stay
the same, our Heavenly Father knows these changes are often best for our growth. Change does sting at first. I fight the sting and try to stay stagnant
sometimes. God gently reminds me each
time that the change is necessary.
How has change been for you today? Are you fighting the sting as I did? Let our Heavenly Father gently work in you to
accept the changes as a positive thing and bringing you closer to Him.
Ecclesiastes 3
A Time for Everything
1 There is a time for everything, and a season for every
activity under the heavens:
2 a time to be born and a time to die, a time to plant and a
time to uproot, 3 a time to kill and a time to heal, a time to tear down and a
time to build, 4 a time to weep and a time to laugh, a time to mourn and a time
to dance, 5 a time to scatter stones and a time to gather them, a time to
embrace and a time to refrain from embracing, 6 a time to search and a time to
give up, a time to keep and a time to throw away, 7 a time to tear and a time
to mend, a time to be silent and a time to speak, 8a time to love and a time to
hate, a time for war and a time for peace.
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