Lent 2013

Wednesday, Second Week of Lent

But Jesus answered, "You do not know what you are asking.  Are you able to drink the cup that I am about to drink?"  Matthew 20:22

"Can we drink the cup"? This is probably the most challenging and radical question we can ask ourselves.  The cup is the cup of life, full of sorrows and joys.  Can we hold our cups and claim them as our own?  Can we lift our cups to offer blessings to others?

Drinking our cups means fully understanding what each of us has acknowledged as our life, with all its unique sorrows and joys.  How do we drink our cups?  We drink them as we listen in silence to the truth of our lives, as we speak in trust with friends about ways we want to grow and as we act in deeds of service.  Drinking our cups is following God's call and staying faithfully on the path that is ours.  When we have emptied our cups to the bottom, God promises to fill them with "water" for eternal life.

Question:  What do you fail to accept and appreciate about your life?