How do Christians deal with pain-filled circumstances? Following the example Jesus gave us on the night of His betrayal would be an excellent place to begin.

(NASB) Matthew 26:42-44 “He went away again a second time and prayed, saying, “˜My Father, if this cannot pass away unless I drink it, Your will be done.”™

43 Again He came and found them (three disciples) sleeping, for their eyes were heavy.

44 And He left them again, and went away and prayed a third time, saying the same thing once more.”

The first time Jesus prayed He said, “My Father, if it is possible, let this cup pass from Me; yet not as I will, but as You will.” (See verse 39)

The second and third time he said, “My Father, if this cannot pass away unless I drink it, Your will be done.”

When Jesus was faced with His separation from His Father for the first and only time”¦

When Jesus was faced with taking on sins (yours and mine) for the first and only time”¦

Jesus chose to say to His Father, “Your will be done.”

When hard choices come into your life ““ as followers of Christ, we need to come to the same conclusion as Jesus did.

“˜My Father, if this cannot pass away unless I drink it, Your will be done.”™