Spilling Sugar

Spilling Sugar

This morning I read and studied a verse in Psalm.  I LOVE how the Holy Spirit can take part of one verse, dissect it in my mind, bring to mind a song, then make a heart's prayer for the day...that then comes to life in the literal...

Psalm 68:9b  "you refreshed your weary inheritance"
refreshed = filled up
weary = tired (and oh how I was at 6 in the morning...and it's not better at night either...after hours of homework with kids)
inheritance = children

As I probably say in any blog I post, I feel like I have little or no memory.  That's why it's an act of God that I can read this
...then think of "spirit of the living God, fall fresh on me...melt me, mold me, fill me, use me"
...then think of "my cup runneth over" (Psalm 23 in KJV...because I was that little when I learned it)
...then pray "God, fill me with all I need for this day...and fill me so full that your love runneth over.  Make me spill for you today."

On with the day I went.  Tired during Bible study, but filled up and ready to take on what was ahead.

My prayer became literal...
...coffee usually necessary during work
...grabbed a cup and decided to pour a tiny bit of sugar into my coffee (even though I haven't been eating sugar)
...lid is unscrewed and a significantly more than tiny amount spilled out
...took a sip...tastes like syrup...yummy syrup flavored with a bit of coffee...would be such a waste to pitch it
...get high on sugar and coffee...the shakes possibly not worth it...and the mere fact that I could have danced on the ceiling at any moment (not a good thing for orientation...welcoming adult students to the Learn More Center on their first day...would be a bit scary)
...all worth what God said to me in it all
I AM FILLING YOU WITH SUGAR...SWEETNESS...KINDNESS.  LET IT SPILL!