Coffee: Decaf, Half-caf, and 100% Caffeinated

 

I don’t drink coffee.

I mean, I’m not supposed to.

What kind of mother lets their kids drink coffee, you ask?

Ahem. Mine.

But only sometimes. I am not a coffee-maniac. Yet.

Note: Blame McDonald’s for the $1 coffee they had right before we came to Ecuador.

I don’t care if it’s hot or cold- anything from a steaming mocha to an iced latte is great.

Instant is fine, but if you want to smash those little coffee beans up, I’m cool with that too.

I am not picky when it comes to my parents’ coffee breaks.

There’s just one thing: It can’t be decaf or half-caf. Especially not half-caf.

Who wants to be able to sleep at night when you have books to read? Go caffeine! Unless, of course, you actually like caffeine-free coffee and soda. Hey, I won’t judge you. But that’s a whole other blog.

Doesn’t half-caf coffee scream: “Halfway! Lukewarm!” (I mean besides screaming: “Not the real deal! Go caffeine!”)

Lukewarm? It means moderately warm; tepid. Having or showing little ardor, zeal, or enthusiasm; indifferent.

There’s a Bible verse about that halfway stuff:

“So then, because you are lukewarm, and neither cold nor hot, I will spew you out of My mouth. -Revelation 3:16

My Dad’s Bible is pretty cool- in the margins it says spew is the same as spit or vomit.

Doesn’t it sound like God’s hammering them for not being totally for Him?

“No man can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one, and love the other; or else he will hold to the one, and despise the other. Ye cannot serve God and mammon. -Matthew 6:24

How about this? Doesn’t it sound like God’s hammering US for not being totally for Him?

Next time you get a coffee somewhere- whether it’s at McDonald’s or Starbucks- think about if you’re really completely and totally 100% for God.