Subject: 10/19/2026 WORD FOR THE DAY - MONDAY
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COFFEE THOUGHTS Sip...
Coffee time. I
had an interesting morning yesterday. A conservative Mennonite from PA had a
flat tire and needed help. Well,
I’m a fixer man, and so I offered they could bring it to the shop and I’d see
what I could do. In the
process I noticed plain clothing and my mind went to my childhood. We were
what many would have called “plain” people. We shunned the world and lived a
very separated life. In my
walk with God clothes is about the last thing on my mind. It seems like it’s
a full time job for me to grow in faith, grow in Christ-likeness, grow in the
fruits of the Spirit. To be honest, I have done very poorly at that. Maybe I
don’t get it because I am not THAT spiritually mature. Yet even now as I
write I have a hard time imagining that God is THAT much into clothes. The
tire was fixed, I was thanked multiple times, and there was a wonderful
spirit of joy present. The conversation we had; I knew they also knew the God
I speak of. People
have a lot of different Ideas of how God must be served, or what one must do
to be saved. Later
my mind went to Corinthians where Paul talked of the burning of wood hay and
stubble in the lives of the believers. Notice this is written to people of
faith. The wood, hay and stubble will burn, but they will be saved. I
wonder, what is the wood hay and stubble in my life? What will burn? Only
what’s rooted in Christ Jesus will endure. God knows! If you
have an opportunity read 1 Cor 3. Good stuff it is. Gerald D Hochstetler Jr.
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