GETHSEMANE

In the Garden of Gethsemane, so many years ago,
Our LORD said "FATHER I really don't want to go,
I'd really rather stay right here and be with my good friends,
I don't want this time on earth, just now for me to end.
Thomas still needs answers so he can carry on
And there's the one I love so much, you know, John.
 I should stay here for Peter, he still has many a fear,
And the multitude that followed they really need me here.
but YOU set this cup before me, it came from you own hand,
So FATHER I will drink it just the way YOU planned.

(written many years ago)