Comments on: a lesson from flavored coffee http://nathandiehl.com/2006/11/04/a-lesson-from-flavored-coffee/ Devoted Husband, Daddy and Follower of Jesus Wed, 29 Sep 2010 17:45:58 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Todd Helmkamp http://nathandiehl.com/2006/11/04/a-lesson-from-flavored-coffee/comment-page-1/#comment-5 Todd Helmkamp Mon, 06 Nov 2006 22:00:02 +0000 http://www.nathandiehl.com/2006/11/04/a-lesson-from-flavored-coffee/#comment-5 Joe, that's one of my life-verses. Good analogy, Mr. Diehl. Everytime I drink coffee that doesn't come from the machine here at work (it contains caffeine; that's about the only positive thing you can say about it), I think about how you and Joe got me started, really started, on good coffee, and how influential you both were (are!!!!!) in my Christian life. I owe you guys a lot. By the way, you should check out gevalia.com. That's my poison. Joe, that’s one of my life-verses. Good analogy, Mr. Diehl. Everytime I drink coffee that doesn’t come from the machine here at work (it contains caffeine; that’s about the only positive thing you can say about it), I think about how you and Joe got me started, really started, on good coffee, and how influential you both were (are!!!!!) in my Christian life. I owe you guys a lot. By the way, you should check out gevalia.com. That’s my poison.

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]]> By: joe http://nathandiehl.com/2006/11/04/a-lesson-from-flavored-coffee/comment-page-1/#comment-3 joe Sat, 04 Nov 2006 17:20:08 +0000 http://www.nathandiehl.com/2006/11/04/a-lesson-from-flavored-coffee/#comment-3 Ah, the paradox that is christianity. As I grow, I find myself thinking like Paul did. "When I was a child, I talked like a child, I thought like a child, I reasoned like a child. When I became a man, I put childish ways behind me." (1 Corinthians 13:11). The more I grow, the more my experiences with God should grow. But, Jesus said to the church in Ephesus, "Yet I hold this against you: You have forsaken your first love." (Revelation 2:4). He told them to repent and "do the things [they] did at first." Somehow they lost sight of God, even though they were growing. I don't ever want to be caught in that trap. Great post! It made me think about my own walk with God. Ah, the paradox that is christianity.

As I grow, I find myself thinking like Paul did. “When I was a child, I talked like a child, I thought like a child, I reasoned like a child. When I became a man, I put childish ways behind me.” (1 Corinthians 13:11). The more I grow, the more my experiences with God should grow.

But, Jesus said to the church in Ephesus, “Yet I hold this against you: You have forsaken your first love.” (Revelation 2:4). He told them to repent and “do the things [they] did at first.” Somehow they lost sight of God, even though they were growing.

I don’t ever want to be caught in that trap.

Great post! It made me think about my own walk with God.

]]> By: Emily Diehl http://nathandiehl.com/2006/11/04/a-lesson-from-flavored-coffee/comment-page-1/#comment-2 Emily Diehl Sat, 04 Nov 2006 17:00:38 +0000 http://www.nathandiehl.com/2006/11/04/a-lesson-from-flavored-coffee/#comment-2 I particularly don't enjoy sweet smells in the morning...I think that's why I didn't enjoy the vanilla beans at first. Now that we've been drinking it for the past week or so (because I'm definitely not a fan of throwing things away...what a waste)...it's not so bad...although I would prefer it bold and black. Good correllation between tastes in coffee and our spiritual growth. I found that very interesting and a good point. I particularly don’t enjoy sweet smells in the morning…I think that’s why I didn’t enjoy the vanilla beans at first. Now that we’ve been drinking it for the past week or so (because I’m definitely not a fan of throwing things away…what a waste)…it’s not so bad…although I would prefer it bold and black. Good correllation between tastes in coffee and our spiritual growth. I found that very interesting and a good point.

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