Our Sadness Does Not Diminish Our Gift To God When We Choose To Trust Him :)

Jesus Prays in Gethsemane

^” Then Jesus went with them to a place called Gethsemane, and he said to his disciples, “Sit here, while I go over there and pray.” ³⁷ And taking with him Peter and the two sons of Zebedee, he began to be sorrowful and troubled. ³⁸ Then he said to them, “My soul is very sorrowful, even to death; remain here, and watch^[a] with me.” ³⁹ And going a little farther he fell on his face and prayed, saying, “My Father, if it be possible, let this cup pass from me; nevertheless, not as I will, but as you will.”-Matthew 26:36-39

We see in Matthew that when Jesus Prayed in Gethsemane, He was really sad. “My soul is very sorrowful, even to death”.

There are a lot of bad things happening in our country and many Americans are very sad, and worried. In the Garden, Jesus even asked His Father, “if it be possible, let his cup pass…nevertheless, not as I will, but as you will.”

Personally, I think it is good to pray that our country will turn back to God. Just as I think it is okay to pray for any difficult situation in our life, whether it be our families or our health. But we do have to remember, as Jesus prayed, it’s God’s Will that matters – not our own.

And it’s also okay to be sad if our nation does not turn back to God, or our family situation or health does not improve. God understands. Putting God’s Will first is a decision we make, Trusting that God knows best. But we are allowed to have feelings about it.

And God understands our feelings because He made us. Our Trust in Him is our Gift to God, and it is not diminished because of our feelings.