I drove through Dutch Bros. today on the way back to work only to get two sips into a Double Dutch Mocha and be quite disgusted with it. Indeed too much of a good thing is a bad thing. As one of the proverbssay, too much honey and you will vomit. Feel free to substitute honey with the drink of your choice.
I also considered that the obsurd amount of money I spend on mochasand lattes add up. It dawned on me that if I bought a mocha everyday for a whole year, I would spend roughly $1,000 on coffee. Two years of that, and I could buy a new laptop with all the fixin’s.
Anyway, I just thought I’d share that with you, considering that my coffee addiction seriously dampers my desire to live a wartime lifestyle. This month has been amazing in the sense that I finally know why I am on this earth to do. I’ve had a good grasp on my general life mission for the last nine years – to know God and enjoy Him forever – but never so specific. I have a strange sense of knowing know that for the short time I still live in this body on planet Earth, my job is to make money….
….to support my wife so she can devote her time to full-time ministry, and to support as many children as possible in order to train them to be disciples of Christ, and to raise a family dedicated to the discipling of all peoples for the glory of God, and to retire and work toward mobilizing Christians for reaching the many peoples who still have no access to the Gospel, doing this until I drop dead. Thinking about that just makes me jump for joy, knowing that my life can’t possibly be wasted. I have the best retirement package.
The practical part for now is to resist the temptation of rich, chocolately mochas, topped with whipped cream. Especially on hot days like today.