{"id":4607,"date":"2021-03-15T14:27:24","date_gmt":"2021-03-15T19:27:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/becourageousbebold.com\/?p=4607"},"modified":"2021-03-15T14:27:24","modified_gmt":"2021-03-15T19:27:24","slug":"your-garden-of-gethsemane","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/becourageousbebold.com\/index.php\/2021\/03\/15\/your-garden-of-gethsemane\/","title":{"rendered":"Your Garden of Gethsemane"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Standing at the crossroad\u2026<\/h6>\n
With shattering news\u2026<\/h6>\n
Your first response\u2026 what will you choose?<\/h6>\n
Torn with pain and heartache so great, you can\u2019t speak<\/h6>\n
You can\u2019t walk, you can\u2019t move\u2026you can\u2019t think\u2026<\/h6>\n
Shocked beyond belief\u2026<\/h6>\n
This is not the time to crumble\u2026<\/h6>\n
It\u2019s not the time to run, or shake your fist at God\u2026<\/h6>\n
And scream, WHY???<\/h6>\n
It is, the time, to praise and trust, and do, or die<\/h6>\n
It is a must\u2026<\/h6>\n
To continue in faith child, mere mortal and dust\u2026<\/h6>\n
Punched in the stomach\u2026<\/h6>\n
Gasping, and straining, for one more breath<\/h6>\n
Longing to live, but staring at death\u2026<\/h6>\n
Do not give in, to doubt and fear\u2026<\/h6>\n
Don\u2019t let guilt, or unbelief, fill your heart,<\/h6>\n
Draw near\u2026<\/h6>\n
To His sacred side\u2026<\/h6>\n
This is the test\u2026this is the trial\u2026<\/h6>\n
And in each and every horrifying mile\u2026<\/h6>\n
Each tear, each agonizing sweat,<\/h6>\n
Poured out like drops of blood\u2026<\/h6>\n
God, will see you through!!!<\/h6>\n
Fall, into his unfailing arms\u2026and let Him carry you!!!!<\/h6>\n
~Marla Shaw O\u2019Neill March 7, 2021<\/h6>\n
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Matthew 26:36-46<\/em><\/strong><\/h6>\n
New American Standard Bible<\/em><\/strong><\/h6>\n
The Garden of Gethsemane<\/em><\/strong><\/h6>\n
36\u00a0<\/sup><\/em>Then Jesus came with them to a place called\u00a0[a<\/a>]<\/sup>Gethsemane, and told His disciples, \u201cSit here while I go over there and pray.\u201d\u00a037\u00a0<\/sup>And He took Peter and the two sons of Zebedee with Him, and began to be grieved and distressed.\u00a038\u00a0<\/sup>Then He said to them, \u201cMy soul is deeply grieved, to the point of death; remain here and keep watch with Me.\u201d<\/em><\/h6>\n
39\u00a0<\/sup><\/em>And He went a little beyond them, and fell on His face and prayed, saying, \u201cMy Father, if it is possible, let this cup pass from Me; yet not as I will, but as You will.\u201d\u00a040\u00a0<\/sup>And He came to the disciples and found them sleeping, and He said to Peter, \u201cSo, you\u00a0men\u00a0could not keep watch with Me for one hour?\u00a041\u00a0<\/sup>Keep watching and praying, so that you do not come into temptation; the spirit is [b<\/a>]<\/sup>willing, but the flesh is weak.\u201d<\/em><\/h6>\n
42\u00a0<\/sup><\/em>He went away again a second time and prayed, saying, \u201cMy Father, if this cup cannot pass away unless I drink from it, Your will be done.\u201d\u00a043\u00a0<\/sup>Again He came and found them sleeping, for their eyes were heavy.\u00a044\u00a0<\/sup>And He left them again, and went away and prayed a third time, saying the same thing once more.\u00a045\u00a0<\/sup>Then He came to the disciples and said to them, \u201c[c<\/a>]<\/sup>Are you still sleeping and resting? Behold, the hour [d<\/a>]<\/sup>is at hand and the Son of Man is being betrayed into the hands of sinners.\u00a046\u00a0<\/sup>Get up, let\u2019s go; behold, the one who is betraying Me is near!\u201d<\/em><\/h6>\n
Footnotes<\/em><\/h6>\n
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  1. \n
    Matthew 26:36<\/a>\u00a0I.e., oil press<\/em><\/h6>\n<\/li>\n
  2. \n
    Matthew 26:41<\/a>\u00a0Or\u00a0eager<\/em><\/h6>\n<\/li>\n
  3. \n
    Matthew 26:45<\/a>\u00a0Or\u00a0Keep on sleeping\u00a0for the time\u00a0remaining and<\/em><\/h6>\n<\/li>\n
  4. \n
    Matthew 26:45<\/a>\u00a0Or\u00a0has approached<\/em><\/h6>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    Standing at the crossroad\u2026 With shattering news\u2026 Your first response\u2026 what will you choose? Torn with pain and heartache so great, you can\u2019t speak You can\u2019t walk, you can\u2019t move\u2026you can\u2019t think\u2026 Shocked beyond belief\u2026 This is not the time to crumble\u2026 It\u2019s not the time to run, or shake your fist at God\u2026 And…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4607","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p8aPxH-1cj","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/becourageousbebold.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4607","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/becourageousbebold.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/becourageousbebold.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/becourageousbebold.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/becourageousbebold.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4607"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/becourageousbebold.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4607\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4609,"href":"https:\/\/becourageousbebold.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4607\/revisions\/4609"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/becourageousbebold.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4607"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/becourageousbebold.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4607"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/becourageousbebold.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4607"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}