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The Psalm 23 Cup
Characters:
K-REV Radio Announcer Jacob
K-REV Radio Reporter Becca
Family Attorney Gary
Bob
Marcia
Summary:
K-REV Christian Radio Announcers Jacob interacts with K-REV’s
reporter Becca with a startling breaking news K-REVelation.
JACOB
You’re listening to the
All-new Digital Family-friendly Christian Radio Network K-REV.
The top story this morning is a story that went viral on the
internet over the weekend. Bob
and Marcia—regular listeners of K-REV—went to a rummage sale in Queens,
New York on Saturday and purchased a cup.
What’s the big deal about a cup purchased from a rummage sale?
We have K-REV’s own Becca on the scene for a live report and a
press conference. Becca?
BECCA
Thanks Jake. I’m
standing in the middle of Hauser Street in Queens outside of Bob and
Marcia’s home. The street is
packed with curious onlookers and dozens of reporters, along with
satellite trucks, cameras, microphones, wires and the hum of small
generators.
JACOB
For those who haven’t seen it on the internet yet or heard about it on the
news, why is this cup so
special? It’s just a plain old
wooden cup, right?
BECCA
Apparently from what I’ve read and what
I’m hearing as I talk to people on the scene, this is an extraordinary
cup. It’s an ancient wooden
chalice, vacuum sealed and carefully secured in a glass case.
There is one scripture etched on the metal base, from Psalm 23:5,
“My cup runneth over.”
JACOB
Ahhh, so that’s why they’re calling it
The Psalm 23 Cup?
BECCA
Right! Marcia happened to be
at the rummage sale with a local T.V. reporter.
The reporter mentioned the cup on the news along with a cell phone
photo of it over the weekend.
The report went viral, and here we are camping out on the street.
JACOB
What’s the buzz?
Why all the interest over an old wooden cup?
BECCA
The rumors
are flying that this chalice is the
cup.
JACOB
You
mean the cup, as in THE cup?
BECCA
Yes! Many are
claiming it is the Holy Grail—the cup Jesus used in the Last Supper.
It’s sparked worldwide interest in just a few hours.
It’s exciting just to be here.
JACOB
When is the press
conference?
BECCA
Any minute now.
JACOB
What are the
people saying around you?
BECCA
Some are saying this is all a
hoax—just a distraction to keep our minds off of the upcoming election.
Others are true believers and they really want to know if it’s
true…Okay, they are about to start.
Here we go! Let me
switch it over.
GARY
Good Afternoon.
Thank you all for coming out here on this glorious day in Queens.
I called this press conference to address the rumors flying around
our city and the world regarding The
Psalm 23 Cup. I will turn
this over to Bob and Marcia who will tell the story of how this happened.
I will defer my comments to the end.
Thank you.
BOB
Hi dare.
Marcia and I were rummagin’ on Saturday.
Usually I just sit in da car and wait but for some reason dat day I
went to da house wit her.
MARCIA
Yeah, I wuz lookin’ for some
clothes for my grandkids when I saws this cup sittin behind a space heater
on an old table. I asked the
lady if it was for sale. She
says, ‘Yes.’ I asked, ‘How
Much?’ She says, ‘You can have it for 20 bucks.’
I thought to myself, that’s pretty cheap for an antique.
BOB
So we bought it. As we were
payin’ fer it, a nosy female-type reporter started askin’ all kinds-a
questions and took a picture of it.
MARCIA
She was sooooo nice.
BOB
(mocking
Marcia) She was soooo nice.
She was so nosy, is what she was.
MARCIA
But
amazing things have happened
since we’ve had this cup at our house.
BOB
Suddenly my arthritis
is gone!
MARCIA
Thank you, Lord…
Gary?
GARY
Thanks Bob and Marcia.
What matters here that as believers in Christ it doesn’t matter if
an old relic shows up or not: we live by faith in Him and His Word.
That being said, I do believe that this cup was brought back to the
world for such a time as this.
It’s here to remind us all
one more time Jesus died for our sins.
It’s time to repent! We’ll take no
questions at this time. Thank
you.
BECCA
That’s it for now. Jake?
JACOB
Much to
think about—thanks.
--bro. tim pickl
Saturday October 20, 2012 A.D.
Originally posted on FaithWriters -- Check it out:
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