Triple Grande Non-Fat Carmel Macchiato extra hot! $4.43x28= $124.28. I spend a minimum of $124.28 a month on coffee or what I call LOVE! WOW! Every day I look forward to my Starbucks break – it is the highlight of my morning. It takes about 5 minutes to walk there, 10 minutes at Starbucks and a lazy 10 minutes back and in that time I get to reflect, pray, create, decompress, just slow down the ticker for a minute. The other day when I ordered my coffee I ordered one of the guys at work a mocha. Why? In that moment it just seemed like what I should do. It was strange because I don’t even particularly like the guy I purchased the coffee for. He actually lives what I think is a relatively pathetic, meaningless life. Careful now, I didn’t say I thought he was pathetic or had no meaning just that the way he lived his life validated that as truth. So when I got back to the store the guy was on the phone so I slipped it on the desk next to him and smiled. He smiled and then lit up when he realized it was for him. That was it. At least that’s what I thought. At the end of the shift, we leave at the same time, he said thanks a lot for the coffee with a big coffee drinkin smile on his face.
You have heard that it was said, 'Love your neighbor and hate your enemy.' But I tell you: Love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you, that you may be sons of your Father in heaven. He causes his sun to rise on the evil and the good, and sends rain on the righteous and the unrighteous. If you love those who love you, what reward will you get? Are not even the tax collectors doing that? And if you greet only your brothers, what are you doing more than others? Do not even pagans do that? Be perfect, therefore, as your heavenly Father is perfect.
So I thought to myself, “why don’t I do this every day? What a great way to connect with others. People open up when you give them Joe so why not replicate this for a month and see what happens.” Cool? So what did I do, I started to think about who I would give coffee to. Inevitably my list consisted of people I liked or didn’t know very well (so I didn’t know if I liked or disliked them yet) The people who are easy to love, who I want to get to know better , who are really talented or interesting. This is really fun! This is the beginning of a great project! STOP! My gut just told me I am making the wrong list! GOD MOMENT! So instead I made a list of 15 people I didn’t really care for. Those I found rather pathetic, confused, depraved, addicted, disliked, annoying, perverted, irresponsible, the liars, haters, potty mouths, and those who are hated. I don’t really like where this is going. Let’s just chalk this up to one of those ideas I get 20 of a day that I don’t have time to execute. I can’t do all my ideas so lets just put this away and go on with my day. AAAAUUUUGGGHHH! God’s got this one stuck to my heart and I am gunna hafta do something about it. Love those I don’t love through a kind gesture. Just love on these people and don’t think about it too much, don’t try to control it, just do it.
Just a quick note … I never said these people were non-Christian or Christian because honestly it doesn’t matter. Most Christians act the same as non-Christian if not worse. All people can SUCK!
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