Gethsemane

My sister-in-law, Reggie, was in a Kansas City hospital dying of Lupus; so, my wife & younger daughter and I wanted to visit with my brother, Steve, as he was  by her side.  Along the way there, I wanted to buy something (to lift his spirits)  at an OzarkLand store; so we stopped for it.

As I looked around the store at books, plaques, figurines, etc., I passed-by a small painting of Jesus, praying at Gethsemane - so hard, the Bible says He was “sweating blood”! This certainly was an item expressing great Faith, but, it didn’t seem, to me, to be the gift I wanted to uplift my brother’s spirit.

I searched around this store several times, and, each time I passed-by this painting of Jesus at Gethsemane, it seemed to call to me “buy me”, but, I resisted this, until I gave-up trying to find something that was more uplifting; so, I bought it and hoped for the best.

After we arrived at the hospital, my brother was speaking to a large group of his friends & family about his previous night of emotionally driven dreams, in which he said God placed the image of Jesus at the Garden of Gethsemane, praying “not My will Lord, but Yours”!!!

He shared with everyone that he believed God was giving him a message about his wife - to let her go into God’s Hands, and, he seemed much more at peace with this situation!

I had yet to tell him of my gift, but, waited until later, when we went into Reggie’s room, where she was sedated. I gave him the gift and explained the experience when I bought it. I expected him to be “in awe”, as I was (as of his witnessing his dream), but, he wasn’t, since he was still focused on his wife.

Reggie died within a short time later. It was about a year afterwards, that Steve read my story and then realized how amazing it was, and, we cried together, and “in awe” of God’s Ways!