Apparently green coffee (coffee beans before they are roasted for brewing that delicious morning jump) is like an odor sponge. It soaks up any scent that is around it, which can have a positive or negative effect on the finished product. The care and storage of green coffee is critical to what comes out of it.
Our hearts are much the same, big sponges that soak up whatever we put around it. In fact, it fills up with whatever is put around it. Whether through our eyes, ears mouth, or people or places we are around, our hearts soak up the essence of these and take on that “flavor.”
What are we doing each day to surround our hearts with what is true, noble, right, pure, lovely, admirable, excellent, and praiseworthy (Philippians 4:8) so that our heart may truly be a wellspring of life, rather than a wellspring of projectile venom burning anyone who comes within a ten foot radius of us : ) Yep, we have all been there.
As you fill up your cup each morning, let it serve as a reminder to guard your hearts from the things we don’t’ want it to soak up, and place the things around it that we want it to be full of….after all, it determines the course of your life.
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