“Go with me to the Mt. of Olives. There is a garden there called Gethsemane. We will pass by eight disciples sound asleep. We will go a little farther and find three more that are asleep but are not sleeping well. They are trying to be awake, but can’t quite make it. Let’s walk just a little farther still and we will begin to hear sounds of someone else in the garden. Stop! Listen! It sounds like someone is crying! It does sound like someone crying to you, does it not? Then all of a sudden we hear a heart rending sob pierce the silence of the night. Make no mistake about it. We both know that there is someone there and He is crying. But not just crying, this man is sobbing as if His heart will break.” (From “The Self-Talk of God”, by H. Lamar Smith)
“In the days of his flesh, Jesus offered up prayers and supplications, with loud cries and tears, to him who was able to save him from death, and he was heard because of his reverence.” (Hebrews 5:7 ESV).
