Wednesday, February 27, 2013

The Cup of Our Vomit – v3


In the garden, Gethsemane
after the betrayal, Judas
racing into the night, abandon,
after the supper, the Passover,
After the breaking of the bread
the sharing of the wine

A different cup waiting
for Christ, there in that garden
more than sacrifice
waiting for him, anguish,
the bitter cup of our vomit
the bile of our Sin

The Lord praying
His sweat, his tears like blood
that awesome moment,
in the pit of that decision,
understanding more deeply his cry,
“Please take this cup from me!”

His humanity, for a moment,
rising in panic, to turn from this path;
returning, submissive, fulfilling
God’s holy plan, His purpose;
Christ a servant, the lamb
putting that awful cup to his lips

There in that garden, Gethsemane,
taking on the weight of our sin;
the die cast, fulfilled,
drinking the cup of our vomit
the bile of our Sin;
faithful to God; new life in him.

                                                  
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Edited February 27, 2013
“The Cup of Our Vomit – v3”
Edited September 6, 2012
“The Cup of Our Vomit – v2”
Edited September 6, 2012
new poem title, “The Cup of Our Vomit”
Mark 7:21-23 (NIV)
Mark 7:20-23 (The Message)
‘He (Christ) went on: "It's what comes out of a person that pollutes:
obscenities, lusts, thefts, murders, adulteries, greed, depravity,
deceptive dealings, carousing, mean looks, slander, arrogance,
foolishness—all these are vomit from the heart.
There is the source of your pollution."’
Scripture taken from The Message. Copyright © 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 2000, 2001, 2002. Used by permission of NavPress Publishing Group.
Mark 7:1-8, 14-15, 21-23
(Revised Common Lectionary, Year C)
Upper Room Disciplines for 2012
August 27, 2012 to September 2, 2012
“True Worship”
by Jerry Kearney
for August 29, 2012,
read August 30, 2012
&
Spirit Study
led by Pastor Ruth Foss
A Handmaiden of the Lord
Suncook United Methodist Church
Suncook, NH        
September 2, 2012
&
earlier poem of
February 8, 2010
“The Cup of Our Sin”
John 14:1-3, 12-18, 25-27
Psalm 46 (Call to Worship)
Psalm 23
and sermon, “When Your World Come Crashing Down”
by Reverend Huntley Halvorson
Suncook United Methodist Church
Suncook, NH
February 7, 2010,
based in part on article,
"Trauma and Theology",
by Professor Shelly Rambo,
Boston University School of Theology,
Focus Magazine, Winter 2009
&
Matthew 26:17-30;
Mark 14:12-25;
Luke 22:7-20.
&
Luke 22:39-46
Matthew 26:35-45
Matthew 26:39
“And he went a little further, and fell on his face,
and prayed, saying, O my Father, if it be possible,
let this cup pass from me: nevertheless not as I will,
but as thou wilt”. (KJV)

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