How Full Is My Glass?

Posted on August 11, 2024 by mitchteemley

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Ah, the incessant question:

Is my glass half empty or half full?

But the real question, I think, is Who’s filling it?

(or emptying it)

Therefore, I choose to see my glass

(if it’s really even mine)

as neither half empty nor half full, but as hopefull

No, wait—back behind that, I think, is the fact

that, in order for my glass to be any kind of full,

I must be prayerfull

No, wait—still further back than that is the fact

that I even have a glass

Which is pretty wonderfull

and that leads me to being gratefull

And so, I think, it all comes down to this:

If I’m being truthfull about wanting my glass to be full,

then I must empty it of myself and make room

for the One who made it

~AΩ~

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37 Responses to How Full Is My Glass?

  1. pkadams says:
    August 11, 2024 at 12:00 pm

    I think the question is also what do I want to fill it with? God’s will or mine? Happy Sunday!

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  2. MAWilliamson says:
    August 11, 2024 at 1:01 pm

    Mitch, each morning at 5am l thank Him for giving me the glass that He fills every day of my life. And l am never forgetting that! ✝️

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  3. Rebecca Fegan says:
    August 11, 2024 at 1:11 pm

    The answer to “describe this glass” is that it is too big for the amount of liquid it holds. What’s weird about our lives is this: No matter how much God pours into the glass, it doesn’t get full because he keeps increasing the size of the glass.

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  4. newt50 says:
    August 11, 2024 at 1:42 pm

    I hope that your glass is always hopefull Happy Sunday!

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  6. Anonymous says:
    August 11, 2024 at 3:49 pm

    Thanks for being truthfull!

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  7. Antique Works says:
    August 11, 2024 at 4:30 pm

    Amen brother!

    When God empties out all the stuff in our cup He fills us up with good things.

    My cup/glass is full today and I’m greatful for all the cup fulls I have.

    Have a great week ahead Mitch.

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  8. Gail Perry says:
    August 11, 2024 at 5:02 pm

    Glad to see that you’re feeling better. I like that glass. I think I will keep presenting mine to Him each morning, filled with all my willfulls, gratefulls, hopefulls and prayerfulls, so that He, in turn, can fill it with His own. (What a fight with my spell checker that was!)

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  9. Celebrate His Love says:
    August 11, 2024 at 5:08 pm

    This is beautiful, Mitch, and very insightful! It speaks to my very soul. God bless you HUGE! 🙌🏻✝️❣️😊

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  10. C.A. Post says:
    August 11, 2024 at 5:33 pm

    With a background in medical sciences, we would conclude the so-called half-filled/half-empty glass is actually fully full- half with liquid and half with air.🧐
    ‘Course, then we scientists miss a lot of what is going on.😳

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  12. Manu says:
    August 11, 2024 at 7:32 pm

    So good 😊

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  14. Bonnie Anderson says:
    August 12, 2024 at 9:39 am

    Best glass analogy yet! Thanks!

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  15. The Oceanside Animals says:
    August 12, 2024 at 10:55 am

    Oona: “The real question is not, how full or empty is the glass; the real question is, how close is it to the edge of the table, and can Oona push it off before Mama or Dada stop her?”

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  16. Thotaramani says:
    August 12, 2024 at 11:19 am

    May God Fill your glass with happiness, success and health Mitch! Yeah! should be Grateful for everything in Life.

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  17. Nancy Ruegg says:
    August 12, 2024 at 4:27 pm

    BRILLIANT, Mitch! Strong truth expressed with delightful creativity.

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  18. K.L. Hale says:
    August 12, 2024 at 7:50 pm

    BEAUTIFUL!!!! THank you, Mitch! Yes, the “one who made it!” ❣️

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  20. peggywritesblog says:
    August 14, 2024 at 10:33 am

    Simply beautiful!

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  21. moragnoffke says:
    August 17, 2024 at 7:28 am

    Who is filling it is indeed the question 👌

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