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The latest issue of Lark News examines God's will in the article, "Man seeks God's will over coffee selection." Too good not to share ...

After spending several months seeking the Lord, Brian Rutledge says God gave him the answer he sought: latte.

Rutledge's question: Did God prefer him to have a latte or cappuccino in the morning?

"I believe God is interested in the minutiae of my life," he says. "He knows every hair on my head; surely he has ideas about my actions throughout the day."

Rutledge says the coffee question bothered him for several years, and he felt guilty about being in "God's permissive will, but not his perfect will." Finally he decided to make it a matter of prayer.

"I have access to the God of the universe," he says. "Why not ask his opinion?"

He received his answer during early-morning prayer in the guest bedroom of his home. He rushed out to Starbucks and ordered a guilt-free grande latte.

"It was one of the great moments of my life," he says. "I knew without a doubt that I was in the very center of God's will."

But the relief didn't last long. Rutledge soon began to wonder if God minds if he adds sugar to his latte, and how many packets God prefers him to use, and whether Rutledge should use white sugar, unrefined sugar, Equal or even Sweet'N Low. Rutledge has made it a matter of "serious prayer" and is confident he'll receive an answer, since lately God has also helped him choose which kind of toothpaste to use, which side of the bed to sleep on, and whether to watch Hannity & Colmes at 6 p.m. or 9 p.m. •