As we observe and even celebrate this Good Friday, there is a reading I would like to share with you from The Cup of Our Life, by Joyce Rupp. “When Jesus was in his excruciating moment in the Garden of Gethsemane he needed his disciples to be with him while he prayed. He longed for the comfort of their presence and was pained by their inability to provide this for him. Jesus didn’t need Peter to slice off an ear of his enemy. He just needed Peter and the others to be there with him as he faced his enemies (Luke 22:39-46).”
My prayer is that Jesus might find us there with him today and everyday; that he would never be pained by our inability to focus on him. Yet I pray that realizing that many of us are more focused on our own desires than on his, many of us are easily distracted from his presence by the noise of our world, and that many of us would rather seek the company of others than his divine presence. May God help us as we look toward the empty tomb...to realize the real cost paid by our Savior. May God help us to surrender unconditionally to the longings of our Savior’s heart.
My prayer is that Jesus might find us there with him today and everyday; that he would never be pained by our inability to focus on him. Yet I pray that realizing that many of us are more focused on our own desires than on his, many of us are easily distracted from his presence by the noise of our world, and that many of us would rather seek the company of others than his divine presence. May God help us as we look toward the empty tomb...to realize the real cost paid by our Savior. May God help us to surrender unconditionally to the longings of our Savior’s heart.
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