today after dropping kids off at school, matt suggested we grab a cup of coffee at lift, they have their fall flavors he said. naturally, i thought that was a good idea. two of my favorite things ever are matt and coffee. and most of the time in exactly that order.
we headed into lift, the new local coffee establishment, known for it's amazing coffee, great staff, trendy look and really cool all around vibe. we ordered our coffee and pastries and the barista rang it up, smiled and then said it's taken care of. i'm sorry, what? he said again, it's been taken care of and has been for a long time. he smiled and went on to get our drinks.
we sat at one of the cool tables, we sipped and talked. and of course, like any lift regular, i snapped a picture and instagrammed it because that's what you do at lift.
we spent about two hours there, sitting, talking and once in a while saying hi and chatting with other customers that we recognized from harvest. lift reminds me of cheers, only without norm. it's a friendly, everybody knows everybody kind of place.
here's an excerpt from our conversation, (yes, it was a deep one!)
matt: how's your coffee?
me: good, it's sweet and very strong.
him: ah, just like me.
yes, matt, just like you.
as we were about to leave a woman walked by and smiled, i smiled back. everyone smiles there. she waved, so i waved. as matt and i were putting our cups away, she called my name. i didn't recognize her but i walked over. she introduced herself as the wife of someone we knew a few years back and said she heard about my husband and her family has been praying for us. she asked how we are doing. finally we hugged and as we parted ways, we both had tears in our eyes.
i thought about two particular things, the name lift is so perfect. i walked out completely "lifted." among many other people we saw, i got to meet a woman who has been holding our arms up in battle as aaron and hur did for moses.
another thing that came to mind is that someone, at some time, covered the cost of our drinks. it was done long ago they said, it's covered. it reminded me of salvation. our coffee, just like the price of our sins, was paid long ago. to us it's free and undeserved - the price was paid.
reminds me of the great casting crowns song, Glorious Day
"living he loved me, dying he saved me
buried He carried my sins far away
rising He justified freely forever
one day He's coming
oh glorious day"
the body of christ is magnificent.
ps - whoever it was that covered our coffee, thank you. once again, we are in awe and so very blessed.
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