The Cup of Bitterness
I invited one in who I thought was a friend.
We sat at table to enjoy the meal and to talk.
We ate our meal together in apparent harmony.
But, the one was most false and not true.
A lie was found in him and corruption inside
was discovered. Betrayal was in his heart.
Mammon led him astray and he did follow.
At the end of the meal I was left alone with
the deep and dark cup of bitterness to drink.
The one’s price was mammon’s brief reward.
And, I was left with only betrayal for which
I must endure & drink it’s evil bitterness
to the bottom of the cup, which is most foul;
drink it down from this false one so that
I may be free of it and live on much wiser
from the pain and sadness of the suffering.
Only love & grace from above can give the
strength to endure the drinking of this cup, so
that bitterness be transformed to the sweetness
of that love from above for others as life goes on.
