A Knight's Journey

Three words stuck out to me in my reading this morning:   Jesus went with ... 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.”   He took Peter and the two sons of Zebedee along with him, and he began to be sorrowful and troubled.   Then he said to them,  “My soul is overwhelmed with sorrow to the point of death. Stay here and keep watch with me."   Going a little farther, he fell with his face to the ground and prayed,  “My Father, if it is possible, may this cup be taken from me. Yet not as I will, but as you will.”   Matthew 26:36-38 NIV           Jesus went with ...  I don't know what the circumstances are in your life...you may be facing death through disease.  Or, you may be trying to pray for a prodigal to come home, physically and/or spiritually.  Your business may be floundering, or your marriage may ...

I know some people rarely share memories, feelings, etc.  I probably over-share.  So, for the icing on the cake today --or cookies in the Tupperware ® The Main House (Tom & Martha Ford) The Cabin Kitchen I remember well the evening the five of us, three sisters and two sisters, gathered around the fireplace in the tiny living room of the beautiful West Point, GA, cabin.  The air outside was cool enough to build a fire.    Supper dishes had been cleared.  We brought our meal from home, pre-cooked, even the dessert of homemade teacakes of raisins, pecans, and the simple old-fashioned plain teacake.  I have a picture of all hands (except mine) reaching down into the bowl of deliciousness made by Aunt Evielean.  I wanted a picture memory of that trip.  Teacakes :) We all gathered near the fire for whatever unfolded next.  We never knew.  Times like this have always been where we learned the most of our family history--and we were al...