Blessings abound

I feel like that cup up there. Overflowing with delicious goodness. I often feel grateful and have to stop in wonder because I have so much good in my life and I often cannot understand or fathom why God has decided to bless me so abundantly. But especially now when everything is new and different, I am especially able to see the workings of an almighty and loving God in my life and I am finding it especially easy to count my blessings because they are coming so readily. It seems that every time I turn a corner God is opening my eyes more fully to what He can do. He keeps reminding me that He is in charge and the more I lose control of my own life, the more He is in charge and can make the world go'round. I think where I personally am it, God is showing me that I can trust Him 100% with my life and I don't need to have such a stronghold on those strings that I think are keeping my life together. In fact, when I have let loose those strings I actually find things running a lot smoother. It's not surprising, but it is scary initially because, for people like me that like to have control, it's crazy hard to lose control. But God is teaching me through my new Bible study, through this move, through DJ and through other things that it is great to lose control.

Imagine a coffee pot full of delicious coffee (blessings) and a cup (your life), I think of a chipped cup in my case. My cup has been dropped and nicked a few times but you can pick one out of the great Starbucks store in your head and make it all yours. Now imagine that you are holding the coffee pot and in control of pouring out the blessings inside. You decide to pour a little here and a little there but you're careful not to pour too much because this is all you've got. Once you've poured the last drop, it's gone. So you are very careful only to pour what you think you need, a little at a time and always careful not to spill a drop. Now imagine that you are given the opportunity to give this coffee pot away but you're hesitant because, well, it's very special to you. Sure, sure, your opportunity is to give it to the ultimate Barista of all time but still you hesitate. Because we have feeble human brains, we foolishly think that He may not do as good of a job at pouring our special coffee AND what if He doesn't give us how much we want or need? I mean, we've been doing the pouring for so long and we've figured out just how much can get us through the day so how could He know that? But you decide it's worth a shot (ha, ha, get it) so you give the pot over every once in a while and after awhile you notice, hey, He's not doing such a bad job. My cup is full! And you find out there's another perk (ha, ha, the puns are endless). Your burden is eased because you don't have to worry about your coffee fix all the time, and you realize it was actually kind of stressful making sure that you poured the pot ever so carefully and get this, you are actually getting more coffee now than you ever were before! You finally realize (it takes you awhile, you know, feeble brains and all) that when you were in control of the pot, you had a limited supply and you could only do so much with what you had. But now that the ultimate Barista has control, He's able to make more coffee and fill your cup to the point that it is literally overflowing everyday with more than you ever needed or imagined you could have. AND He adds caramel and chocolate and whip cream, things that you never knew existed or could be so good.

This is pretty much how I feel right now. Beyond blessed. In awe of the goodness of a mighty God that cares about little ol' me and my chipped cup. And I just had to share because it's overflowing.