Writing private devotions never meant to see the light of day, the great 17th-century divine, Lancelot Andrewes, compiled a list of his reasons for gratitude. Let his list inspire ours.
This is the melancholy of Gethsemane: the realization that the road ahead to God lies through moments of despondency, “accompanied” by people too tired themselves even to stay awake while you cry out in frustration.
