Really?? Which Oat Milk I have with my coffee actually matters to you?

I’ve just sat down in this café in Akaroa and it seems like you want to talk about something… 

Yes. Oat Milk.

?

Yesterday when you were making yourself a coffee you were wondering which Oat Milk to use, homemade or the processed one in the box.

Ok, yes…?

And you thought you’d heard me suggest an option.

Ok, true, I thought that was you, but it seemed way too weird so I dropped it…

Yes it was me. Does that surprise you?

I guess not, well ok, maybe it did, but I tried not to give it too much thought. It just seemed a bit weird when I hadn’t even asked, that you’d pipe up and tell me to choose the Oat Milk that we’d made ourselves and not the boxed one.

Why weird?

Well, I wanted to ask, ‘Really, God, which Oat Milk I have with my coffee actually matters to you??’ But it was a bit too big a question about such a little subject.

Yes I am interested, and no subject is little.

What‘s that supposed to mean?

Everything is important. Everything is good. 

Ok?

I’m interested in everything.

Ok, I get that, but does that mean you like naturally-made Oat Milk and you don’t like the boxed stuff?

Not at all. I like what’s good for you, and for you, right then, the Oat Milk you’d made yourself was going to be better for you.

Better for my health?

Your health wasn’t what I was talking about. The natural option was made by Miriam and the machine for making it was chosen by your daughter Freedom. Using that option showed them appreciation. That’s why it was better for you.

Would it have mattered if I hadn’t chosen that one?

No. There’s no condemnation. But you’re always in conversation with me…

Always?

A figure of speech, your figure of speech, this is you interpreting my voice remember. You’re ‘always’ in conversation with me and ‘always’ wanting to know my thoughts. I felt I had permission and that you’d want to know my thoughts so I ‘piped up’ as you put it. It was surprising you didn’t ask me why I would suggest the natural option 

Nothing surprises, you, God. Actually I did want to ask you more, but it was a bit weird, a bit too big a conversation over what seemed such a little thing.

And as I have said, nothing’s little, nothing’s unimportant.

So, you’re interested in all that, which milk, who we show appreciation to, all of that?

Of course. Why is that surprising, remember the story about every sparrow that falls?

Yes, sure but this Oat Milk. 

Yes, Oats are an amazing thing, look them up, so many people depend on them.

So, is Oat better than Dairy? 

No, not as a rule. There are few rules. It’s better for some and not for others. Some need dairy and don’t get it, some Oat and don’t get it. And then of course there are other options, all of which are good for some and not for others.

What is this even about, God?

If I’m interested in which Oat Milk you drink — is it possible that I’m interested in everything you do?

Well, ok, yes, I guess. But what’s your actual point?

I’m interested in everything. All the time. That’s a very big ‘actual’ point.