It is funny things that come to mind. I was recently putting some dishes away in our china cabinet and my eyes fell upon a teacup and saucer tucked away at the back of the top shelf. As I looked at the drinking vessel it made me think of my maternal grandfather.

When I was a kid we would spend my summer holidays visiting my family in India. And the teacup sparked a memory of my grandfather drinking hot tea out of a fancy tea cup but rather than sipping out of the cup, he would pour the tea into the saucer and drink from the there.

I had watched him do this for years and then one time I asked him why he didn’t drink from the cup. He explained to me that once his teacup had overflowed and spilled into the saucer, he didn’t want to waste the tea so drank it from the saucer and discovered that in the saucer it was the perfect temperature.

This is what stuck with me: he drank from the saucer because his cup overflowed.

And as I think about it today, isn’t that a perfect analogy for God’s goodness to us.

In Psalm 23:5 David writes, “You anoint my head with oil, my cup overflows”… David is so aware of the blessings of God in his turbulent life - he describes it as his cup overflowing with God’s goodness and blessings in his life.

If we stop and think about it - we are each so very blessed. With a heart full of gratitude, we too could drink from the saucer!