I'd like to hear what Jesus did in the Garden. As he poured our his heart before God, heavy with death, lonely and abandoned.
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In a dream I saw myself loosing a child. I cried out in my dream- "No God, take this cup from me! Take it from me! I cannot drink from this cup! I know you can take this away from me." And in my dream I realized that I was crying only half of what Jesus did. I could not bring myself to say "But not my will be done, only let Your will be done". And I woke up.
Have you ever felt like that? Like you're going through life just kicking and screaming saying "No, not this cup! Take it away God!"
I find myself desperately craving the comfort of God. I want Him to come in and answer me and take away the cup I have been given because it is too much for me. I wonder what Jesus heard that night, while praying? Was it comfort from His Heavenly Father? Or silence? We know that He felt forsaken on the cross, and alone in the garden. Yet in His heart He said, "Not my will but Yours."
I drag my fearful/resentful/angry soul through time and space kicking and screaming and I reject the cup my Lord has given me. Do I also reject the joy of His resurrection?
I cannot come to life lest I first die.
Not my will Lord, but let Your will be done.