Before we dive into 1 Kings, I need to pass on a story too good not to share. It supports one of our themes: Holy Moments. Sahil Bloom shared this story by a woman named Pam Kearney on his Wednesday newsletter, May 22, 2022.

I visited Matthew, the owner of Lucy’s Flour Shop a little while back. As I nibbled on an enormous chocolate chip cookie I began to tell him a story.

​A few years back on a bitterly cold December evening, there was a visitation at the funeral home across the street from his bakery. The people, bundled up in coats, scarves, and blankets were lined up around the building waiting to hug the family of the deceased.

​Seemingly out of nowhere, a man showed up and began giving away hot coffee to the people outside. People who entered the funeral home with coffee in their hands whispered of a mysterious man handing out free coffee, and how much they appreciated it.

​I looked at Matthew and said, “I have a suspicion that you were that man. Is that right?”

​Matthew very humbly replied, “Yes, I felt so bad for them and wanted to do something, but all I could do was make coffee, so I made coffee.”

​I responded that he blessed so many people that night by helping them warm up and by showing there’s good in the world. He added a positive note to a devastating situation. I paused, then added, “That visitation was for my sixteen-year-old son. Thank you for being so kind.”

​Sahil muses on Pam’s story:​

“All I could do was make coffee, so I made coffee.”

Matthew was faced with a situation where he felt helpless—even paralyzed—but instead of giving in to the weight of the moment, he took action. All he could do was make coffee, so he made coffee.

Sahil then quoted Teddy Roosevelt:

Do what you can, with what you have, where you are.

Teddy Roosevelt is encouraging us to do Holy Moments. Or has Sahil Bloom says, “Just make the coffee.”

Our people must also learn to engage in good deeds to meet pressing needs, so that they will not be unfruitful. (Titus 3.14, NASB)