The shelf in my kitchen cupboard reserved for cups and mugs is overflowing. This seems a bit silly, for my large family has long since been launched, and while guests come often, they rarely arrive in large groups. Yet every time I deal with that shelf (usually after unloading the dishwasher) I come to the same conclusion. All the cups must stay because they all represent something important.
I’m smiling as I think about those vessels that have special purpose:
- Some are gifts from one of my children.
- Others are simply remembrances of special places I’ve visited or frequented.
- Still others simply have a comforting “feel” as I hold them.
Ahhh and speaking of comforting “feels”, … some of the mugs are set aside for that hot, delicious coffee wake up, especially on more leisurely mornings. Others can be allowed to hold only hot aromatic teas for mid-afternoon perc-ups or evening relaxation. My goodness, I even have two huge mugs that are reserved for hot soups on cold winter nights and other mugs that are reserved for serving special people. And…last but certainly not least, I also have a mug that a dear friend just leaves at my home for her frequent visits.
Silly? Am I alone in this fetish or do any of you relate? Do you have a cupboard shelf of vessels waiting to be filled to overflowing?
You know there really is a spiritual message in all of this.
Are you filled to overflowing today…pouring out to different people in different ways?
“But we have this treasure in earthen vessels, that the excellence of the power may be God and not of us.” 2 Corinthians 4:7
“And of His fullness have all we received, and grace for grace.” John 1:16
“You prepare a table before me in the presence of my enemies: you anoint my head with oil; my cup runs over. Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life; and I will dwell in the house of the Lord forever.” Psalm 23: 5-6
If this speaks to your heart today, do share it.
God bless you all!
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