I am Happy that I am Sad?
Matthew 5: 4 "Blessed are they that mourn: for they shall be comforted. " Got back yesterday from Minneapolis. While there, Lina and I stopped in at a Dunn Brothers Coffee. If beer and coffee were in a race for my personal favorite, where my devotion would be the sole decider on which would win the race, it would be hard to discern which liquid would take the winner's mug. Let us say, coffee would win for the am, beer would win for the pm. A race at around noon? Too close to call. I love not just coffee but coffee shops. It is a cool place to hang out and chat. It can also be a place where thoughtful stuff like literary magazines go to find a home and perhaps interested eyes. Kind of like a nice girl trying to avoid bars by going somewhere safe, desperately side-stepping the club where she may get picked because she is lonely. She knows better and tries to act on these thoughts but her heart has hungers not easily satisfied. Holy words are dismissed these days, images--r