That first cup of coffee

... is the second as good?

When I wake up, when the house is still quiet, I have my first cup of coffee, and the feeling is amazing.

At 10 am, I have my second cup of coffee. This time there’s some buzz, but not as much as before.

In the afternoon, when the kids go down for a nap, I have my third cup of coffee. But this time, there is no buzz.

What’s going on?

My body got used to the coffee. Each cup of coffee delivers less and less each time.

It’s the same with happiness.

Whatever gives us a buzz of happiness gives us less and less the next time.

It might be a new car, a new outfit, or a new friend.

Whatever it is, we got used to it.

That’s why what we need instead is not happiness, but purpose as mothers.

If we know why we’re here, we will be fulfilled.

But to know why we’re here, we need to know the God who put us here.

And that is the buzz—that a mother's purpose never goes away.

But don’t let that stop you from having a fourth cup of coffee. You may as well. Because it’s not going to do anything.

She opens her mouth with wisdom, and the teaching of kindness is on her tongue. She looks well to the ways of her household and does not eat the bread of idleness. (Proverbs 31:26-27, ESV).

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