I gave up coffee for the second year and let me tell you, it still wasn’t easy. Last year I was able to sleep off some of the exhaustion, but this year there was no easy way to wake up at 4:45 each day to go to work. I gave all my coworkers a warning that I may be cranky and boy was I
The first few weeks were very VERY rough. It seemed no matter what I did; I was still a walking zombie. I felt weak. I felt that the simplest task took far more energy than it needed.
Remember that struggle blog I posted a few weeks back? That was my turning point. That next week I felt encouraged and CAPABLE. But you know what, I was capable all along. How often do we get through each day limited by what we THINK we can and can’t do. I felt a need for coffee each morning rather than my need for God. I redirected my thoughts from “I’m exhausted, I need coffee,” to “God, today I am weak, give me the strength.”
What a perspective change.
We are weak; I AM WEAK. God gives us strength every day.
Even now that I can have coffee again, it’s never enough. There could always be more coffee. The caffeine will always wear off at one point. God doesn’t. There is more than enough of Him. He is what you need to get through the day. He is who will give you the energy and self-encouragement to make it through. Don’t doubt your abilities. Don’t doubt HIS abilities.
He’s my cup of coffee that I need each morning
