Thursday, April 1 - Matthew 26:36-46

36Then Jesus went with his disciples to a place called Gethsemane, and he said to them, "Sit here while I go over there and pray." 37He took Peter and the two sons of Zebedee along with him, and he began to be sorrowful and troubled. 38Then he said to them, "My soul is overwhelmed with sorrow to the point of death. Stay here and keep watch with me."
39Going a little farther, he fell with his face to the ground and prayed, "My Father, if it is possible, may this cup be taken from me. Yet not as I will, but as you will."
40Then he returned to his disciples and found them sleeping. "Could you men not keep watch with me for one hour?" he asked Peter. 41"Watch and pray so that you will not fall into temptation. The spirit is willing, but the body is weak."
42He went away a second time and prayed, "My Father, if it is not possible for this cup to be taken away unless I drink it, may your will be done."
43When he came back, he again found them sleeping, because their eyes were heavy. 44So he left them and went away once more and prayed the third time, saying the same thing.
45Then he returned to the disciples and said to them, "Are you still sleeping and resting? Look, the hour is near, and the Son of Man is betrayed into the hands of sinners. 46Rise, let us go! Here comes my betrayer!"

-Here Jesus is very real. Not just in a "got it all together" persona. It's interesting that Jesus goes through so much anguish. Obviously this is something that would eventually cause Jesus quite a bit of pain and suffering even for God. So in this passage there's an interaction with Jesus and the disciples as well as with Jesus and the Father. In Jesus interaction with the disciples he begs them to pray with him. They fail him adding to Jesus aloneness. In his interaction with the Father he begs for another way, but with none available He humbly submits to the Fathers way. Sometimes that's how our lives are...we need to go thru difficult times but at the same time we need to learn to trust God. We faill in this a lot and we probably give up even more when our friends aren't there to surround us. There'll be times when friends let us down...we need to trust God all the more and not give up our faith.