5/23/11........... to make the medicine go down> Actually the cuppa is the medicine. There are probably as many varieties (medicinal, soothing, boosting) of tea as people who drink it. For me, a tasty cup of a good strong, black hot tea from India’s Assam region seems to diminish the soreness in my throat. Plus, it soothes my taut neck and head region. Maybe that’s “all in my head” but it “feels” like it’s working.I have noticed though that I seem to like my tea stronger as the years pass. My taste buds seem to demand more.
Is there an analogy there with tea drinking and scripture meditation? Shouldn’t I be on something stronger than just snippets here and there? Sometimes scripture does seem to be more intense and I have to go deeper to really drink fully from His word. But isn’t that what meditation is all about? The same verse can mean different things to each of us depending on where we are in our spiritual growth or what our circumstances or needs are right at that moment. That’s the beauty of scripture.
Grab a “cuppa” and sip as you read along and meditate on this passage----enjoy the words at face value or go deeper.
11 We have much to say about this, but it is hard to make it clear to you because you no longer try to understand. 12 In fact, though by this time you ought to be teachers, you need someone to teach you the elementary truths of God’s word all over again. You need milk, not solid food! 13 Anyone who lives on milk, being still an infant, is not acquainted with the teaching about righteousness. 14 But solid food is for the mature, who by constant use have trained themselves to distinguish good from evil. (Hebrews 5:11-13)
