Gethsemane - About Reflections

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seeing His disciples, His chosen ones, all asleep. Can you?

Matthew 26:40: And He cometh unto the disciples, and findeth them asleep, and saith unto Peter, What, could ye not watch with me one hour?

Matt 26:45: Then cometh he to his disciples, and saith unto them, Sleep on now, and take your rest: behold, the hour is at hand. Can we even begin to understand the pain He must have felt upon finding them asleep? We cannot change what happened then but, we can change this today. I truly believe that He will take even five minutes if we can give Him this much. We struggle to give Him this time. We finally decide to do it while we are washing the dishes, planting the garden, teaching, juggling workplace responsibilities and so forth. No! Let us find just five minutes of the 1,440 minutes per day to do nothing but watch with Him. As we can, let us give Him more. He knows that we are willing. He said Himself: “The spirit indeed is 8


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