%PDF-1.7 1 0 obj << /Type /Catalog /Outlines 2 0 R /Pages 3 0 R >> endobj 2 0 obj << /Type /Outlines /Count 0 >> endobj 3 0 obj << /Type /Pages /Kids [6 0 R 17 0 R ] /Count 2 /Resources << /ProcSet 4 0 R /Font << /F1 8 0 R /F2 9 0 R /F3 10 0 R /F4 11 0 R /F5 12 0 R /F6 14 0 R >> /ExtGState << /GS1 15 0 R /GS2 16 0 R /GS3 19 0 R /GS4 20 0 R >> >> /MediaBox [0.000 0.000 612.000 792.000] >> endobj 4 0 obj [/PDF /Text ] endobj 5 0 obj << /Producer (dompdf 1.0.2 + CPDF) /CreationDate (D:20250817022432+00'00') /ModDate (D:20250817022432+00'00') >> endobj 6 0 obj << /Type /Page /MediaBox [0.000 0.000 612.000 792.000] /Parent 3 0 R /Contents 7 0 R >> endobj 7 0 obj << /Filter /FlateDecode /Length 1931 >> stream xXMo#Wo6 曤}XZ"v6EК9vf^E^j%9uիWj8DEtjVoo)b>iۊ.(^nk~yi}ۯuiCi{}Q&(W89>˅(~"o3E~O/?^bܔxXŜHGcfgRBDs6if/Ɵ'G_5*RCaHW"]oJQz+o ׻TIRċh)N{yZԮ;E{$"OBO!{ziUErSxLB2J:AuT!A Eb^\CN~O7yjq$")$AphͶm #_"I4]qRg$Q N~Co"'})'=4yVuO,qb H $nY"$ *A-_#j,Fc%ٟ҅!饒-(h 8D֠2܄JYuhQFsځ{,=iKDikTE>9`)5B Ug'Ous=211,W'I~lRr?YNPNX;85IC83$cnjq@ tXI*TGoG尣8?j|@g٠H$"8XZGߣ4dD%piѾ+=:.:;rOܫp%HE3(r;鯞eFB]LXL3aЦ,瑍qr|ƺ77v6Q;ed *s?{{)5ʎ¼K"UfŘLEp #-Xb9"晡5Z:(S(8/|OWYvU֭'Dl G3Kǧ'}6Gds=v7݋ccnqE/+'ϛo=fء#?2OOΏ[s[EڼL3 .3MǷR\(*E?\\Ĵgהpy~>'W\sP.U endstream endobj 8 0 obj << /Type /Font /Subtype /Type1 /Name /F1 /BaseFont /Helvetica /Encoding /WinAnsiEncoding >> endobj 9 0 obj << /Type /Font /Subtype /Type1 /Name /F2 /BaseFont /Times-Bold /Encoding /WinAnsiEncoding >> endobj 10 0 obj << /Type /Font /Subtype /Type1 /Name /F3 /BaseFont /Times-Roman /Encoding /WinAnsiEncoding >> endobj 11 0 obj << /Type /Font /Subtype /Type1 /Name /F4 /BaseFont /Helvetica-Bold /Encoding /WinAnsiEncoding >> endobj 12 0 obj << /Type /Font /Subtype /Type1 /Name /F5 /BaseFont /Helvetica-Oblique /Encoding /WinAnsiEncoding >> endobj 13 0 obj [6 0 R /Fit] endobj 14 0 obj << /Type /Font /Subtype /Type1 /Name /F6 /BaseFont /Times-Roman /Encoding /WinAnsiEncoding >> endobj 15 0 obj << /Type /ExtGState /BM /Normal /CA 0.3 >> endobj 16 0 obj << /Type /ExtGState /BM /Normal /ca 0.3 >> endobj 17 0 obj << /Type /Page /MediaBox [0.000 0.000 612.000 792.000] /Parent 3 0 R /Contents 18 0 R >> endobj 18 0 obj << /Filter /FlateDecode /Length 229 >> stream x1O0a;1c Ub@dC Q!į'n-+ ɖ{ﮒdf>J=jc:)3cyOZwh$jZt/R{.Fġtn.$LEBs)w+ރK<^rF/x!Əۓ!P|q@Nt:KZG-V&ZlQI0U1yYKKضdUB krB endstream endobj 19 0 obj << /Type /ExtGState /BM /Normal /CA 1 >> endobj 20 0 obj << /Type /ExtGState /BM /Normal /ca 1 >> endobj xref 0 21 0000000000 65535 f 0000000009 00000 n 0000000074 00000 n 0000000120 00000 n 0000000401 00000 n 0000000430 00000 n 0000000579 00000 n 0000000682 00000 n 0000002686 00000 n 0000002793 00000 n 0000002901 00000 n 0000003011 00000 n 0000003124 00000 n 0000003240 00000 n 0000003269 00000 n 0000003379 00000 n 0000003438 00000 n 0000003497 00000 n 0000003602 00000 n 0000003904 00000 n 0000003961 00000 n trailer << /Size 21 /Root 1 0 R /Info 5 0 R /ID[] >> startxref 4018 %%EOF Craving coffee or Christ? | Caring Magazine
Read Caring Magazine Volume 29

Vol. #29

Hope in Action

Read Issue

Latest Impact StoriesView All

Popular Topics

PopularView All

Craving coffee or Christ?

November 14, 2005
2 minute read
Total
0
Shares
0
0
0
Listen to this article

by Erin Dabis Wikle – 

I recently moved from the Great Northwest down south to sunny San Diego. Can’t complain; the weather is great, and I’m slowly adjusting to the “SoCal” way of doing things. In fact, for a short time, I seemed to have grown estranged from a non-fat daily habit that certainly was no stranger in Seattle. Could it be? The kickback style of San Diego had somehow soothed my daily craving for a fat-free, frothy latté? Get out.

No kidding. For about two weeks, it was weird. It was as though this daily habit just vanished. No cravings, no (undiagnosed) physical dependency, no frantic searching for a few spare dollars… no need for Starbucks! That’s right, Starbucks. God had delivered me from a worldly addiction, and I didn’t have to do a thing!

Okay, it lasted exactly 14 days. Pathetic.

I now write to you with an empty coffee cup by my side and a life lesson brewing up too quickly for my typing. The things of this world sure are fleeting. Some may echo my Starbucks sentiment while some prefer a Pop-tart or a cold Pepsi. Whatever your “quick fix” to get you through each day, it’s not eternal. Too often I’ve wondered why I am so quick to run for Starbucks at the start of my day rather than crack my Bible open and spend a few sacred moments with the Lord. Even now, my pondering seems to seldom activate anything else. While Starbucks is a habitual and daily occurrence, Christ usually gets put off until the evening, when though I didn’t ask him to bless and protect that day that just passed, I can at least ask him to guard my sleep. Right?

Wrong.

When I wake in the morning, I want my day to begin with the Lord. I don’t want “just” a cup of Christ either. I want the whole thing. I want him overflowing, saturating my day, and satiating my thirst for something more. Christ deserves my dependence on him; he desires that I crave his goodness. It doesn’t cost me a thing. Just my time and a risk that he too, will become a “habit.”

Why not?

“For he satisfies the thirsty and fills the hungry with good things.” (Psalm 107:9) Yeah, Starbucks’ got nothing on that.

Download this page as a PDF

You May Also Like