The Speed of Expectation

So today, I had a conversation with a lady at work. It was very cordial. We started talking as I took her order, venti mocha I believe. As we chatted, my fellow barista handed her hand-crafted beverage to her and she said, "Wow! That was fast!" I responded with, "We try to be." That was the end of our conversation. As she walked away I began to think about our speed of service. We're trained to provided the best coffee based beverages as fast as we possibly can. We are charged to connect with our customers, show them we care, and get them out of there in 3 minutes or less.

So I'm coming home, as I do everyday, and, as most days, there's traffic. So I'm crawling down the road when I look up and see a tree. Now this is not something that is all that out of the ordinary, I mean I live in the county that basically carved its cities out of forests and then spends millions rebuilding them. But there was something unique about this tree. As I looked up I saw a lush green tree with two unusual spots. These two spots had already turned vibrant colors of orange and red.

These two situations bring home one reality. We live fast.

I live fast.

By the seventh day God had finished the work he had been doing; so on the seventh day he rested from all his work. Then God blessed the seventh day and made it holy, because on it he rested from all the work of creating that he had done.
Genesis 2:2-3