This is a short post today after being away for so many weeks. I missed posting and sharing. And whilst I am here I am merging my sites, Caryn’s Corner Btq will soon merger entirely with The Kedge Anchor. I’ll still be posting regularly but with art tutorial videos, scripture, book reviews, it will all be in one place, so please pardon the dust and delays. So on to toady’s post. : )
How many times have I read in Scripture the word cup? Matthew 26:39, “… let this cup pass from me; nevertheless, not as I will, but as you will.” (ESV), Psalm 23:5, “…my cup runneth over.” just to name a few familiar passages. Never really thought about it until I was reading in the book of Jeremiah. Now I feel kinda duh, like why didn’t I make this connection before? It’s ok, you can laugh, I’m laughing with you.
Jeremiah 25:15, “For thus says the Lord God of Israel to me: “Take this wine cup of]fury from My hand, and cause all the nations, to whom I send you, to drink it. “” I just began to wonder, what does that look like? Was it a literal cup? What I discovered is evil and good events are oftentimes represented in Scripture as cups. Then Matthew 26:39 started to make sense. So I thought some more what is a “good cup” represented in Scripture? Psalm 23:5, “my cup runneth over.” God was giving me a visual and I missed the connection. Something else that I am learning is that reading different versions will help me see or read things differently and get me asking questions. I also need to stop and smell the scriptural roses. Like in Matthew 26:39, I had just become soooo familiar with the passage I guess I took it for granted. It wasn’t until I read Jeremiah 25:15 that it made me question, what is a cup in scripture. Well, now I know, I am today old when I learned this and this are as crystal clear as a crystal cup and it runneth over.
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