Can I be sure what I'd have done
if I had been a chosen one
asked by Jesus to be there
as he knelt in fervent prayer
in garden of Gethsemane?
What a privilege to be asked
to watch with him who in the past
had loved so tenderly!
I would be watchful, never sleep,
would not falter, fail to keep
the watch with him. No, indeed, not I!
So I have thought. But I am living in this day
and, if honest, can I say
I've done all I might have done
to ease the burden of someone
in his hour of need?
How much compassion have I shown
to one who struggled all alone
in his Gethsemane?
If I have truly heard the word that Jesus taught
and if I understand the Christ,
the divine nature he expressed,
then I'll be watchful, will not sleep,
will not falter, but will keep
in mind what Jesus said: "Inasmuch as ye have done it
unto one of the least of these my brethren,
ye have done it unto me."
