CAN YOU HANDLE THE CUP?

[Rev. Violet Jetter]

CAN YOU HANDLE THE CUP
THAT I DRINK FROM EVERYDAY
IF YOU REALLY KNEW WHAT WAS IN IT
YOU WOULDN'T REACH FOR IT
BUT PUSH IT AWAY
YOU SEE THE WAY THAT I WALK
AND YOU DESIRE TO TAKE MY PLACE
BUT IF YOU DRINK FROM MY CUP
COULD YOU REALLY HANDLE THE TASTE
EVEN JESUS HAD A CUP
THAT HE ASKED HIS FATHER TO TAKE
BUT HE HAD TO DRINK OF IT
BECAUSE OF THE STATEMENT HE HAD TO MAKE
HE HAD TO TASTE OF SIN AND DEATH
BEFORE HE DROPPED HIS HEAD WITH HIS LAST BREATH
HE HAD TO TASTE OF RIDICULE AND SHAME
UPON HIS SHOULDERS, HE TOOK ALL THE BLAME
THAT CUP WAS DESOGNED JUST FOR HIM
A CUP NO ONE ELSE COULD DRINK
SO, BEFORE YOU REACH FOR A CUP THAT'S NOT YOURS
LET ME STRONGLY SUGGEST THAT YOU THINK
CAN YOU PULL YOUR CUP TO YOUR MOUTH
AND DRINK OF THE CUP OF THE PROPHET
OR AT THE FIRST WIFF OF BITTERNESS
WOULD YOU BACK AWAY AND TRY TO STOP IT
CAN YOU DRINK THE CUP OF THE APOSTLE
WHEN FOLK WON'T FOLLOW YOUR LEAD
AS YOU CRY OUT TO THE FATHER
PAST DROPS OF SWEAT AND YOU BEGIN TO BLEED
SO, BEFORE YOU REACH FOR A CUP THAT'S NOT YOURS
LET ME SUGGEST THAT YOU THINK
CAN YOU HANDLE WHAT'S IN "YOUR" CUP
AND PULL IT TO YOUR MOUTH AND TAKE A DRINK

(WRITTEN BY: REV. VIOLET JETTER - ALL MATERIAL IS COPYWRITTEN)