{"id":9773,"date":"2020-06-21T20:42:14","date_gmt":"2020-06-21T18:42:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.irenebom.com\/prayer_matters\/?p=9773"},"modified":"2020-06-21T20:42:14","modified_gmt":"2020-06-21T18:42:14","slug":"the-empty-cup","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.irenebom.com\/prayer_matters\/2020\/06\/21\/the-empty-cup\/","title":{"rendered":"The empty cup"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"9774\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.irenebom.com\/prayer_matters\/2020\/06\/21\/the-empty-cup\/empty_cup\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.irenebom.com\/prayer_matters\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/empty_cup.jpg?fit=800%2C600&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"800,600\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;1.9&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;SM-A320FL&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1592769541&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;3.6&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;125&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.03030303030303&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"empty_cup\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.irenebom.com\/prayer_matters\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/empty_cup.jpg?fit=800%2C600&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.irenebom.com\/prayer_matters\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/empty_cup.jpg?resize=800%2C600&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-9774\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.irenebom.com\/prayer_matters\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/empty_cup.jpg?w=800&amp;ssl=1 800w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.irenebom.com\/prayer_matters\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/empty_cup.jpg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.irenebom.com\/prayer_matters\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/empty_cup.jpg?resize=768%2C576&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 984px) 61vw, (max-width: 1362px) 45vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3>Meditation on the cup of emptiness<\/h3>\n<p>Hold the empty cup in your hands.<br \/>\nLook at all the room the cup has for filling.<br \/>\nPicture the inner part of yourself.<br \/>\nNotice how much room there is for filling.<br \/>\nHold the cup out before you in the gesture of a beggar.<br \/>\nAsk God to fill you.<br \/>\nArise, go and slowly pour something in your cup (coffee, tea, water).<br \/>\nCome back and sit down.<br \/>\nReceive and enjoy the contents of the cup.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<br \/>\nexcerpt from <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Cup-Our-Life-Spiritual-Growth\/dp\/1933495316\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">The Cup of Our Life: A Guide for Spiritual Growth<\/a><\/em> by <strong>Joyce Rupp<\/strong>, found on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.spiritualityandpractice.com\/book-reviews\/excerpts\/view\/13571\/the-cup-of-our-life\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">spiritualityandpractice.com<\/a><br \/>\n&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr\/>\n<h3>A prayer<\/h3>\n<p>God help us to live slowly:<br \/>\nTo move simply:<br \/>\nTo look softly:<br \/>\nTo allow emptiness:<br \/>\nTo let the heart create for us.<br \/>\nAmen<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\nby <strong>Michael Leunig<\/strong><br \/>\nfrom <em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.zondervan.com\/the-book-of-a-thousand-prayers\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The Book of a Thousand Prayers<\/a><\/em> by Angela Ashwin, #624<br \/>\n&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr\/>\n<p>&nbsp;<br \/>\n<strong>From the blog<\/strong><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.irenebom.com\/prayer_matters\/2018\/01\/18\/from-a-grateful-heart\/\">From a grateful heart<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.irenebom.com\/prayer_matters\/2019\/06\/27\/wonder-full-psalm\/\">Wonder-full psalm<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.irenebom.com\/prayer_matters\/2017\/07\/07\/from-parched-to-satisfied\/\">From parched to satisfied<\/a><br \/>\n&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; Meditation on the cup of emptiness Hold the empty cup in your hands. Look at all the room the cup has for filling. Picture the inner part of yourself. Notice how much room there is for filling. Hold the cup out before you in the gesture of a beggar. Ask God to fill you. &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.irenebom.com\/prayer_matters\/2020\/06\/21\/the-empty-cup\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;The empty cup&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[14,3],"tags":[183],"class_list":["post-9773","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-meditation","category-prayer","tag-space"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - 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(Luke 22:19) Do this. Take bread and wine, and share it with the gathered people of God. Do this. As a memorial. Words and actions from long ago, re-enacted and made real in the present, so we too may be fed. 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