This Wedgewood
mug has a beautiful butterfly design.
Joyce Rupp wrote a reflection on a mug, and although she didn’t use a
butterfly mug, she quoted Laurie Beth Jones, who said that the scales on a
butterfly's wings are actually solar cells and that butterflies have to spread
their wings in the morning sunshine in order to soak up that God given energy,
without which, they could not fly.
As you look at
your cup or mug today, think about it’s boundaries, it’s sides and it’s
base. Without these boundaries, the cup
could not perform the function for which it was made. Without boundaries, it could not contain
anything; it could not be filled. As spiritual beings, we need boundaries,
boundaries around the time we spend with God.
We need to spend time getting to know God, and our true selves
better. Without those boundaries it
would be impossible for us to contain all the good things that God wants to
pour into our lives and it would be impossible for us to perform the function
for which we were made.
Joyce Rupp's
reflection speaks of a cup having an opening, from which it can give and
receive. If we wish to serve God by
giving of ourselves to others, we must also make time to receive from Him. Today is Sunday, the day when we remember
that God Himself rested. Many Mothers
will rest today as a treat on Mothering Sunday but whether you are a Mother or
not, take time today to be with God, to receive from Him so that like a
beautiful butterfly, you can spread your spiritual wings and fly.
(My thoughts,
developed after reading Joyce Rupp, “The cup of our life”)
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