"I hope you find it"....."the life of a victor." ~Effie Trinket
I couldn't even find any picture quotes of that yet....I wonder if it didn't resonate as profoundly with others as I took it....but, it was one of my favorite lines from the new Hunger Games movie. Savannah, McKenna, and I had a movie marathon weekend to catch McKenna up on all the other Hunger Games movies so we could go watch the last one last night.
I'm not going to talk about the movie here....just the concept of learning to live the life of a victor. As long as we are alive on earth, there will always be battles....but, as long as we have accepted Christ, we can live as victors. Every new breath we take is another opportunity to use our victory through Christ for goodness. There truly is "a cup" in front of us for us to drink and it is not altogether a matter of whether we see it as half full or half empty....though attitude is important....it is that, no matter what it tastes like, we really drink it.
Is not the cup of thanksgiving for which we give thanks a participation in the blood of Christ? And is not the bread that we break a participation in the body of Christ? 1 Corinthians 10:16
The cup, which signifies our very life through Christ, is a complete blessing in itself. AND, the bread is an opportunity for us to share what we have been given....as Christ was broken, so we sometimes experience brokenness so that we can be connected with other believers. By living our life through Christ we become like Him. Will we taste pain? ....that is one of the best ways for us to identify with our Savior, but pain is not defeat.
Pain works to empty us of what is not ultimately important and awaken in us a longing for what is. It is an acquired taste, but Christ drank the cup of wrath for us and His offering became our cup of life. ...
Savor it! Enjoy the soft orange of the sunsets....the dandelions in the spring....the hope we have for new life after days of devastation (yep, I'm paraphrasing Suzanne Collins).....victors celebrate.....they learn to enjoy the things worth fighting for.
Today, let's toast!
This Cup
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A9SbKebkwjw
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