Sit with your cup in your hands.
Notice if your cup is stained or not.
Ask God to help you see one inner stain of yours.
Be still and wait for this awareness to arise.
Whether it is stained or not, take your cup to the sink.
Prayerfully wash it with soap and water.
As you do so, pray to be cleansed of what sullies your spirit.
–Joyce Rupp, The Cup of Our Life, p. 61
