My new favorite book is Can You Drink the Cup by Henri Nouwen. Well, actually, that's probably not true but it's really, really good. Nouwen uses the communion cup as a metaphor for the Christian life. The call is to hold, lift, and drink one's cup of life, whatever it may contain, trusting that God knows what your life has been and will be and He is loving you through your circumstances.
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