The Threat and Weightiness Held in that Silver Divination Cup
“let this cup pass from me” ~ Matthew 26:39
The brothers tore their robes. Radiation
Of fatal force came throbbing from the cup.
Death and doom were theirs, not mediation.
The knife blade fate demanded slammed up, up
Through guts and chests and hearts. They knew that love
Is pitiless. Betrayal of it burst
Inside them finally. They knew above
All else that love had ultimately cursed.
For decades they had carried guilt around
Because of what they did to Jacob’s son,
That one he loved — and retribution found
Them. Benjamin they knew was now undone
Far worse than Joseph. How could Jacob cope?
These thugs had not learned love must offer hope.