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Garden of Gethsemane

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Announcements › Forums › Christ Jesus – August 27th, 2017 › Garden of Gethsemane

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  • August 21, 2017 at 1:47 pm #4783
    Rae
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    Thank you for another great Bible lesson. Mrs. Eddy’s definition of Gethsemane is helpful: “Patient woe; the human yielding to the divine; love meeting no response, but still remaining love.”

    I have found strength through understanding Jesus’ agony in the garden. Although he had been forsaken by all those he blessed, God had provided an angel to strengthen him so that he could fulfill his powerful mission.

    Luke 22:43 “And there appeared an angel unto him from heaven, strengthening him.”

    On page 266 (S&H) Mrs. Eddy writes: Would existence w/o personal friends be to you a blank? Then the time will come when you will be solitary, left without sympathy; but this seeming vacuum is already filled with divine Love. When this hour of development comes, even if you cling to a sense of personal joys, spiritual Love will force you to accept what best promotes your growth. Friends will betray and enemies will slander, until the lesson is sufficient to exalt you; for “man’s extremity is God’s opportunity.”

    On p. 473 (S&H) “Jesus is the human man and Christ is the divine idea; hence the duality of Jesus the Christ.”

    I get such comfort the more I can understand that Divine Love is never absent from any situation, and all trials are designed for my spiritual growth.

    Joyful blessings,

    Rae

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