Mark 14:32,37–And they went to a place called Gethsemane. And he said to his disciples, “Sit here while I pray.”…..37 And he came and found them sleeping, and he said to Peter, “Simon, are you asleep? Could you not watch one hour?  

There is a “fine line” between being flattered by someone having great expectations in you, and them exhausting you with those expectations.  It is very human of us to look at the people we love and care about, and expect them to fulfill something that we lack.

But Jesus does something we eventually have to learn to do through suffering.  In His humanity He brings His closest friends, but leaves them to go deeper with God.  You soon realize fellowship with people can only go so far.  No matter if you’re married or not, there is a clear distinction that a very jealous God has made regarding the needs of our soul.

Suffering in anyway will cause a certain frustration in personal relationships.  Wanting to bring people into “the Garden experience” with us, but realize they are not feeling the intense distress as you are, can cause frustration! You’re crying and they’re sleeping!

Hardship is designed to realize that you will not be able to go through life dependent on people being enough for you to endure.  Trials and troubles come along to push us to what our soul needs, which is a clear distinction of what God can do and people can’t.  Only then can we allow people to be people and Christ to be the Bread of Life.