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There is a joke we often refer to in my family about two people, who were outside enjoying a cool, clear evening. One comments to the other about the beauty of God’s creation and the music they can enjoy as they rock in their rocking chairs. The other responds, “Yes, such amazing music. I wonder how they do it.”
“I believe they do it by rubbing their legs together.”
“What?! The choir up the road at the little church makes fine music by rubbing their legs together?!”
“No, silly. I was talking about the nightly music of the crickets.”
It is so easy to think we know what we are talking about. And when the Jews repeated the prophecies about Jesus with hope and anticipation, they expected a great political king that would free them from Roman bondage.
A friend once described a depressed time in her life as “dark days of the soul”—a picturesque explanation of the heavy weight that accompanied her.
As we approach resurrection weekend, I am reminded of the heavy weight that accompanied our Lord on the night He was betrayed. He knew He was in a vulnerable place and asked His friends, Peter, James, and John, to accompany Him to the Garden of Gethsemane and in prayer.
