Personalized Inside Out
W ho doesn’t love a monogrammed set of cuff links, or napkins, or towels, or most anything? We’re a culture of personalization. The gift is more special if it’s inscribed with initials. It takes forethought to give such a gift, planning so that the gift arrives in a timely manner. It tells the recipient, “I’ve been thinking of you, planning to celebrate you. I’ve gone ahead of you, to prepare a special, custom-made gift.” And so today, we find ourselves in a garden where a similar gift is being prepared. 36 Then Jesus went with his disciples to a place called Gethsemane, and he said to them, ‘Sit here while I go over there and pray.’ 37 He took Peter and the two sons of Zebedee along with him, and he began to be sorrowful and troubled. 38 Then he said to them, ‘My soul is overwhelmed with sorrow to the point of death. Stay here and keep watch with me.’ 39 Going a little farther, he fell with his face to the ground and prayed, ‘My Father, if it is possi...
