Day 36

"They went to a place called Gethsemane;

and Jesus said to his disciples,

'Sit here while I pray.'

He took with him Peter and James and John,

and began to be distressed and agitated.

And he said to them,

I am deeply grieved,

even to death;

remain here and keep awake.'"

Mark 14:32-34

Jesus

I would like to think

that You would have asked me to come

and sit with you in anguished prayer

I would like to think

I would have rushed to your side

knelt beside you

prostrated my own body

on the cool earth

overcome with agony

with You

for You

I would like to think that 

my words would have been few if any

that my arms wrapped around You

would have said

what no words can 

I would like to think

that I would have stayed with You

through that long, dark horror-filled night

that I would have been willing

to just "be"

with You my Saviour Friend 

while You 

gave Yourself 

for me

I would like to think...