IN THE GARDEN

THE LORDS HOUR HAD COME.
HE AND HIS DISCIPLES HAD RETIRED TO GETHSEMANE AFTER THEIR SUPPER.
THE LORD WENT OFF ALONE TO PRAY.
AFTER A WHILE HE CAME AND FOUND HIS DISCIPLES ASLEEP, HE WOKE THEM
AND TOLD THEM TO WATCH AND PRAY.
HE WENT OFF AGAIN TO PRAY.
THIS TIME, THE FULL IMPACT OF WHAT HE WAS ABOUT TO ENDURE FLOODED
INTO HIS MIND, HIS SOUL, HIS SPIRIT.
HE THOUGHT ABOUT THE BEATINGS THEY WOULD GIVE HIM, THE RIDICULE
THEY WOULD HEAP UPON HIM, THE NAILING OF HIS HANDS AND FEET TO
THAT WOODEN CROSS; AND FINALLY HE WOULD DIE IN DISGRACE, BURDENED
WITH THE SINS OF HUMANITY ON HIS SHOULDERS..........

HE PRAYED DESPERATELY; "FATHER, IF THERE IS ANY OTHER WAY, TELL ME;
BUT IF THIS IS THE ONLY WAY FATHER, THEN I WILL DO IT....."

SHORTLY AFTER THE PRAYER, JUDAS CAME WITH THE TEMPLE GUARDS AND
THE LORD WENT WITH THEM PEACEFULLY, A LAMB LED TO THE SLAUGHTER....
TO DIE FOR MY SINS AND YOURS.
HE PAID THE PENALTY SO THAT WE MAY LIVE. HALLELUJAH !!!!!  


                                                                     RONALD J LAMB