Lost and Found

March 3, 2010 by Debbie.

I lost it again. John went to hunt it down for me and I said don’t bother. I’ll pour another cup and I’ll come across the lost one later. John was concerned about the lost cup of coffee going to waste but as I drink coffee in any stage, even left over on the bedside table overnight, it wouldn’t go to waste.

I may use the same cups over a couple of days but I end up having two or three different cups as I carry one around with me, set it down and forget where I left it. Yes, I have put a cup of coffee on top of the truck and driven off before. Thank goodness, it wasn’t a glass cup.

This seems to be typical of many things in my life, not just coffee cups. I’ve picked up hobbies and then laid them down somewhere and forgotten about them to only later  come across the supplies and wonder why I started but did not finish that hobby project. I start diets and set them aside and only when stepping on the scales do I miss them and wonder where and why I left them. Not too big of a pondering on that one. I like my own homemade fudge and vanilla Oreos more than I like dieting.

The thing that bothers me the most are the serious things in life that I set aside.  I may be able to wait out finding that lost cup of coffee but what happens if I set aside my compassion for hurting people and THEY’RE the ones left waiting? What if I set aside the urgency of living the life God intended for me - one of loving Him foremost and of service to others - and that urgency is lost?

Wanting another cup of coffee, I found my lost cup this morning, ice cold on the dresser.

What will prompt my soul to go hunting for the serious, important things I set aside?

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