IN THE GARDEN
Did Jesus know what was coming?
Did he know what had to be done?
Know of the agony and suffering
So that victory might be won?

He took friends so as not to be alone,
We cannot imagine the great pain
As He started for us to atone,
Saving all mankind was His aim.

He needed the a comfort of a friend
To help Him in His great sacrifice,
They slept, it hurt, but did not offend,
He knew alone he had to pay the price.

Just try to imagine the weight of sin
Of every human soul that will ever live,
The pain caused Him to bleed from within,
No one else so great a love could give.

The angels came to comfort Him for awhile,
Then he was by himself, so all alone,
He was used to seeing His Father’s smile,
The pain of loneliness He must have known.

But at last that sacrifice was complete,
That compassionate need finally done,
Another hurt, betrayed by a kiss so sweet,
All this so our souls maybe one day won.

Look, the Master humbly kneeling there
In agony, this cup He could not pass by,
He drank deeply, suffering we can’t compare,
The Master of ocean and sea and sky.

He suffered for me in Gethsemane,
Alone and forsaken by all He knew,
Suffered long till each extremity
Bled, agony not known by me and you.
So love the Lord with all thy might,
For He suffered in great agony of pain
So we may be forgiven and win the fight
And live with God and in glory reign.

M Ann Margetson © November 9, 2000

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