The only way to make good coffee is to put some in.                                                                                                   David Starr Jordan

Brilliant! That's what I thought when I read this quote from the former president of Stanford. No wonder he was president - with a mind like that. But, the more I thought about this statement, the more brilliant it actually became. I doubt if there are many people who do not believe that their lives could be enhanced in some way or another. The reality is that if you want  more enthusiasm, excitement and passion for life, you are going to have to put some in. That was the point Mr. Jordan was trying to make to his students over a half a century ago, and the point is still just as valid today.

A lot of people are looking for excitement in their lives through illicit behavior such as drunkenness or promiscuity, while some even seek excitement through illegal activities. Such conduct might provide a temporary rush of adrenalin, but is a poor alternative to the quality life that God has designed.

It is that the life God recommends (and commands) that holds real excitement, and it comes with benefits that are truly exciting as well. But the life the world recommends (and sometimes demands through peer pressure and political correctness) is exciting only in its consequences - not its rewards - for there are no genuine rewards for sinful behavior.

So, which will you choose? To put something worthwhile into your life or follow the crowd in  what passes for the excitement of the day? You cannot have quality results without quality input, nor can you ever achieve any kind of worthwhile life without first putting in something of value.

I have come that they may have life, and that they may have it more abundantly.

Jesus, as recorded in John 10:10, NKJV