If you are walking in darkness, without a ray of light, trust in the LORD and rely on your God (Isaiah 50:10; NLT).
Lord,
I’ve lived with dread for weeks:
Impossible to pray.
Once it starts, it never stops:
My darkness, night and day.
Lord,
I must accept this dread:
Please hear me, and return.
What lessons does it have for me?
Reveal them: I will learn.
Lord,
I share my dread with you,
At last, my prayers are real.
Like you, before your cruel death,
I’m facing how I feel.
Then Jesus went with them to the olive grove called Gethsemane, and he said, “Sit here while I go over there to pray.” He took Peter and Zebedee’s two sons, James and John, and he became anguished and distressed (Matthew 26:36-7; NLT).
Then Jesus left them a second time and prayed, “My Father! If this cup cannot be taken away unless I drink it, your will be done” (Matthew 26:42; NLT).