Throw It Away

We had communion last Sunday.  It is almost always a moving experience as I eat the bread and drink the juice.  Then I toss the plastic cup in the trash and it’s over. 

The little cup that held the juice that represented the blood of Christ, tossed away as if it is nothing.  It felt a bit strange, like the little cup ought to be more important.  But if the bread represents Christ’s body, and the juice represents Christ’s blood, then what does the cup represent?   I guess . . . nothing.  What else do you need?

For I determined not to know anything among you except Jesus Christ and Him crucified.
        1Corinthians 2:2 NKJV