One Bible account of the experience of Christ Jesus in the Garden of Gethsemane records him as saying, "Father, if thou be willing, remove this cup from me: nevertheless not my will, but thine, be done."Luke 22:42; Referring to this experience, Mrs. Eddy writes, "When the human element in him struggled with the divine, our great Teacher said: 'Not my will, but Thine, be done!'—that is, Let not the flesh, but the Spirit, be represented in me." Science and Health, p. 33;
During a time of extreme mental anguish I found myself crying, both silently and audibly, "Oh, my God, no! Not this! Why me? Why this? Oh, dear God, let this cup pass!" I was not distressed merely by the thought of having to face a particularly trying situation but by the thought of "this cup" in particular. It seemed at the moment the worst possible thing that could confront me, and I was inwardly struggling and pleading, "Give me something else to meet—anything—but please, 'remove this cup.'"
Then I recalled Mrs. Eddy's words from Science and Health, "Remembering the sweat of agony which fell in holy benediction on the grass of Gethsemane, shall the humblest or mightiest disciple murmur when he drinks from the same cup, and think, or even wish, to escape the exalting ordeal of sin's revenge on its destroyer?" p. 48;
