to touch that rock

looking at the present

at the garden, Gethsemane

taken back to that night

to enter the Garden of Gethsemane

to touch that rock He leaned on

the altar where He kneeled

when Christ prayed to God

I am sure that in that moment

in kneeling in the garden

in touching that rock that He leaned on

that I would feel Christ with me

and the weight that He carried

his sweat falling like blood

into the thirsty ground

feeling this place crying

the garden, Gethsemane,

the power in that moment

in the choice that Christ made

submitting His will, His life

to the Father, to God, accepting

the cup, the cross, the grave.

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edited March 7, 2015

to touch that rock

March 7, 2015

Three Gardens – 2

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2015/03/three-gardens-2.html

edited March 7, 2015

Three Gardens – v2

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2015/03/three-gardens-v3.html

March 7, 2015

a third garden

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2015/03/a-third-garden.html

-          garden on Easter morning

March 7, 2015

which decision will we make

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2015/03/which-decision-will-we-make.html

March 7, 2015

which garden path will we follow

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2015/03/which-garden-path-will-we-follow.html

March 7, 2015

your will

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2015/03/your-will.html

March 7, 2015

our will

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2015/03/our-will.html

March 7, 2015

two gardens

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2015/03/two-gardens.html

March 7, 2015

poison apples

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2015/03/poison-apples.html

-          Eden

-          Gethsemane

Spirit Study

March 3, 2015

Mark 14:26, 32-42

Mark 14:32a

Lenten book study:

Chapter 2. “Garden of Gethsemane”

24 Hours That Changed the World

http://www.cokesbury.com/forms/ProductDetail.aspx?pid=833652

http://www.abingdonpress.com/product/9780687465552#.VOzkaHzF9gg

by Reverend Adam Hamilton

http://www.cokesbury.com/forms/bookstore.aspx?contributorid=3827

http://www.facebook.com/RevAdamHamilton

https://twitter.com/RevAdamHamilton

Spirit study led by Pastor Ruth Foss

https://twitter.com/PastorRuthFoss

http://www.facebook.com/pastorruthfoss

http://www.pstruthsermons.blogspot.com

sermon blog

http://www.pstrruthfoss.blogspot.com

meditation blog

http://pstrfoss.wordpress.com/

“God’s Whisper” blog

Stetson Memorial United Methodist Church

http://www.facebook.com/pages/Stetson-Memorial-United-Methodist-Church/174161846023512

Patten, ME

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Matthew 26:28

Exodus 24:8

Jeremiah 31:31-34

John 15:15

John 13:3-5

Mark 14:12, 22-25

Lenten book study:

Chapter 1. “The Last Supper”

24 Hours That Changed the World

by Reverend Adam Hamilton

Spirit study led by Pastor Ruth Foss

Stetson Memorial United Methodist Church

Patten, ME

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other books by Rev. Hamilton studied in Spirit Study groups -

Not A Silent Night

http://www.adamhamilton.org/store/9781426771842#.VGp1BTTF9gg

http://www.cokesbury.com/forms/DynamicContent.aspx?id=276&pageid=1808

&

The Way: Walking in the Footsteps of Jesus

http://www.cokesbury.com/forms/ProductDetail.aspx?pid=1104578

&            

“Final Words from the Cross”

http://www.cokesbury.com/forms/ProductDetail.aspx?pid=9781426746802

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