Unshackled Moments ~ January 17 ~ Willingly Repurposed

OK, when it comes to coffee, I'm a little strange according to the tastes of most people. I make my coffee, the night before and let it sit at room temperature over night. Then the next morning I drink the pot, about a liter and a half, at room temperature. I say room temperature and not cold, because when I say cold, people think iced. I have an empty one and a half liter Mountain Dew bottle that I have recycled and repurposed to carry my coffee and drink from.

This morning I got up and grabbed my coffee pot. I looked around but couldn't find my bottle/ There was a crisis at the Woodard Menagerie yesterday morning, and I can't remember what I did with the bottle amidst the scrambling to handle the situation that came up. So I had a whole pot of coffee and no ideal vessel for it. I knew what I wanted to do, the plan I had, but something else had to be done. If I can't find the bottle, I will have to buy another one. I don't really mind that, since I like Mountain Dew, but it actually made me think of what God goes through with us at times.

We were originally one type of vessel, but He ransomed us and repurposed us for His glory to carry His love, His light and His power. Now we are never misplaced, set aside and forgotten or thrown away even by accident, but sometimes we decide to do our own thing, to carry our own will rather than His. Our lives are effected by this, and sometimes we blame God for what's happening in our lives and for our struggles. It's not Him; it's us. He has the power and love and the plan and desire to pour it into our lives just as He always does. He hasn't changed. But unlike me with my empty Mountain Dew bottle, God needs willing vessels to fil.

Today, let us not stray away to fill our lives with other things. Let pour out our hearts before Him and be willing vesels for the awesome and good things that He wants to pour into our lives.

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