Jesus, A Cup of Coffee and Me, Sit Back, Relax and Enjoy

Jesus, a cup of coffee, and me - Sit back, relax,bet after I have worked in the garden, I may
and ENJOY!!! You don't have to feel guilty aboutsmell just a little. God says it's not what is on the
drinking a few cups of coffee!! I figure, if you waitoutside that makes the woman (or man) but
long enough, some study somewhere, will findwhat is on the inside. It's how she or he treats
that there is some kind of medicinal benefit toothers. It is how we let our light shine!! Our
just about everything we like to eat or drink. I likehousemay look patchy on the outside, but at
to have a few cups of coffee a day - and nownight, in the dark, when the LIGHTS are on, it is a
the researchers say it's o.k. Thank you God!!!welcoming sight!! It is homey looking, a place
This afternoon I was sitting outside with my cupwhere I do not mind being. There is warmth here,
of coffee (I drink Fair Trade and Organic Coffee)and I feel at peace;
taking a break, and reading my Christian romance"...he is happiest who finds his peace in his home"
novel, when I looked up at our house and noticed(from What an Angel Might Say Perpetual
the patches on the siding. Our house is quite old,Calendar).
probably late 1800's. Although there have beenAt the beginning of this article, I mentioned
many repairs in the last 24 years that we havedrinking Fair Trade and Organic Coffee. Why do I
lived here there are a lot more to be done. I amdrink Fair Trade & Organic? Well first off, it
thinking we will never be quite finished.tastes good!! My husband and I have been drinking
I was looking at the house as I said, and noticedthis coffee for about three years now, and we
the patches. At one time there was a black stovecan't seem to go back to anything else. Second
pipe sticking out of the living room wall where weof all, I drink this coffee because I want to
once had a Fire King wood burning stove. Now,support Fair Trade, and Organic means no
there is a patch on the outside wall, as well as thepesticide which in turn is a safer way of drinking
inside. We just put a pantry in the kitchen wherecoffee.
a small walk in mud room used to be. The doorFair Trade supports the small-scale farmers with a
going to the outside no longer exists, and nowfair price for their crop; they in turn are able to
there is a patch; just a piece of wood coveringgive their families a better quality of life. The
the outer wall, that is painted over with whiteenvironment benefits from Fair Trade also. Fair
outdoor paint for the time being. When we firstTrade promotes sustainable farming practices that
moved in there was a small hole in the kitchenprotect the land, and help preserve habitat for
wall where there was some kind of pipe stickingsongbirds and wildlife, and I am all for wildlife - I
out. The inside wall is sealed over but, well, just aslive in the middle of the woods and couldn't
you might guess, there is a patch on the outerimagine living somewhere where there wasn't
wall that has never been repaired.some kind of songbird greeting me each morning.
There are patches everywhere on the outside,Organic means, no harmful pesticides. I once
but it's the inside that counts-- where you live,watched a program on our local PBS station that
where there is laughter, where tears are shed,showed children picking coffee beans. They were
where there is sharing at the dinner table-- thecovered with sores due to the pesticides on the
place where trials are conquered. Oh, and yesplants. I was shocked and this confirmed my
inside is the place where there is sometimespersonal feelings about ORGANIC!
much disagreement. Sometimes we may have toIs coffee good for you? According to Green
live with the term 'agree to disagree'. I can't sayMountain Coffee Roasters, recent studies by the
that I've always liked this term, but if you thinkmedical science community are now finding
about letting some of the small things go, and onlynumerous positive benefits of moderate coffee
make battle with the BIG THINGS, your life will goconsumption! These studies suggest that drinking
on much more smoothly. Hold onto this thought:coffee may reduce risks of colon cancer by 25%
"...in an argument the best weapon to hold is yourand cirrhosis of the liver by 80% and may reduce
tongue." This is from (What an Angel Might Saythe onset of Parkinson's disease by up to 80%.
Perpetual Calendar).Moreover, brewed coffee has been found to
We have patches on the outer wall of our home,have three to four times the amount of
but this doesn't seem to have a bearing as tocancer-fighting anti-oxidants as green tea. To
what there is going on the inside. The floors creekmake this even better, I just watched a News
sometimes, and the Michigan basement smellsReport also praising the medicinal affects of
(the term Michigan basement refers to DIRT).coffee!!! Wonders never cease to amaze me!!
Our house reminds me of how I feel sometimes!!Still-Green Mountain Coffee Roasters doesn't
I have several surgical scars that make me look arecommend drinking coffee as a tonic. They, as
little patchy and my bones creek sometimes. Iwell as I, think coffee tastes GOOD, and a GOOD
refuse to say I smell like a dirt basement, but Icup of COFFEE makes us feel GREAT!!!