Inside a coffee grinder, beans are crushed, pounded and smashed into submission until the process is complete. Sometimes circumstances in life performs a similar act on individuals, grinding and pressing people until their energy is sapped. Drained, exhausted and spent, my joy for living has been misplaced by a sea of despair.
Perhaps anguish is the guilty party, sucking souls of contentment, fun and thanksgiving. Despite being known as a man after God’s own heart, 1 Samuel 16:7, David wasn’t exempt from this emotional state. Psalm 31:10 expresses the toll the grind of life takes on the human body.
Lately, my faith has been void of joy, left behind during my healthier days when work was something I took for granted. If you take James 2:26 literally, you can’t have one without the other. Thus, joy is a byproduct of faith, a fruit inspired by the Holy Spirit, Galatians 5:22-23. Like the Samaritan woman, I need to go to the well of living water, John 4:10, so that the grind of life doesn’t crumble my faith. If you’re thirsty for something more in life, absorb the words of Jesus in John 4:13-14.
by Jay Mankus
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