Standing at the crossroad…
With shattering news…
Your first response… what will you choose?
Torn with pain and heartache so great, you can’t speak
You can’t walk, you can’t move…you can’t think…
Shocked beyond belief…
This is not the time to crumble…
It’s not the time to run, or shake your fist at God…
And scream, WHY???
It is, the time, to praise and trust, and do, or die
It is a must…
To continue in faith child, mere mortal and dust…
Punched in the stomach…
Gasping, and straining, for one more breath
Longing to live, but staring at death…
Do not give in, to doubt and fear…
Don’t let guilt, or unbelief, fill your heart,
Draw near…
To His sacred side…
This is the test…this is the trial…
And in each and every horrifying mile…
Each tear, each agonizing sweat,
Poured out like drops of blood…
God, will see you through!!!
Fall, into his unfailing arms…and let Him carry you!!!!
~Marla Shaw O’Neill March 7, 2021
Matthew 26:36-46
New American Standard Bible
The Garden of Gethsemane
36 Then Jesus came with them to a place called [a]Gethsemane, and told His disciples, “Sit here while I go over there and pray.” 37 And He took Peter and the two sons of Zebedee with Him, and began to be grieved and distressed. 38 Then He said to them, “My soul is deeply grieved, to the point of death; remain here and keep watch with Me.”
39 And He went a little beyond them, and fell on His face and prayed, saying, “My Father, if it is possible, let this cup pass from Me; yet not as I will, but as You will.” 40 And He came to the disciples and found them sleeping, and He said to Peter, “So, you men could not keep watch with Me for one hour? 41 Keep watching and praying, so that you do not come into temptation; the spirit is [b]willing, but the flesh is weak.”
42 He went away again a second time and prayed, saying, “My Father, if this cup cannot pass away unless I drink from it, Your will be done.” 43 Again He came and found them sleeping, for their eyes were heavy. 44 And He left them again, and went away and prayed a third time, saying the same thing once more. 45 Then He came to the disciples and said to them, “[c]Are you still sleeping and resting? Behold, the hour [d]is at hand and the Son of Man is being betrayed into the hands of sinners. 46 Get up, let’s go; behold, the one who is betraying Me is near!”
Footnotes
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Matthew 26:36 I.e., oil press
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Matthew 26:41 Or eager
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Matthew 26:45 Or Keep on sleeping for the time remaining and
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Matthew 26:45 Or has approached
