Thursday, January 31, 2013

A Bittersweet Cup - v2



The cup, which we share
a cup which he accepted
a bitter cup of sacrifice
a cup he did not want;
asking for it to be taken from him
from his lips, from that moment
that he would not have to drink;
but a cup from which he drank
a cup of our sorrows
which he shares with us today -
A cup of servanthood, of forgiveness
a cup of salvation


Edited January 31, 2013
November 2, 2008
Communion and
Luke 22:39-42
Pastor Ruth Foss
A Handmaiden of the Lord
Suncook United Methodist Church
Suncook, NH


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