This is the miracle: that when we lay everything down on the line, and give it all away, we find our treasury remains filled. Something remains, which God wants us to have. He insists that we keep it. It seemed not ours to keep, yet God has given it to us for keeping.
When we empty our cups, the Master of the feast comes around and says, “Why, do you have no drink? The night is far from over!” Then He beckons his servants over, and in a moment we find our cups filled with more.
For this is the usefulness of a cup: If a cup is full, its use is to be emptied. And when it is empty, its use is to be filled.
If I give away my cloak, I know yet that God will clothe me. If I give away my food, I know yet that God will feed me. If I forsake pleasure, I know yet that a greater pleasure, more sublime, will greet me. If I give away my time, I know yet that God gives me eternity. And if I give up even my life, I know yet that God will raise me.
Therefore give away all things and yet you will receive, so that your cup never remains truly empty, but filled. Indeed there is no shortage of wine at the feast.
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