The Human Jesus in the Garden of Gethsemane (Paperback or Softback)

This past April 14, 2016, Nita Raye and I celebrated our fiftieth wedding anniversary surrounded by our children, grandchildren, and great-grandchildren, plus many good friends. The joy was overwhelming. The reflection on all those memories brought tears of rejoicing to our eyes, and we thanked and praised God for His many blessings.

Jesus was and is God, but for a time and a purpose, he put on the cloak of humanity and wept like we do for the suffering of others and finally for his own impending trail and anguish. Jesus, as God, knew what was coming and had prepared himself for it from the foundation of the world. He was ready to rescue all humanity from Satan's lair. Jesus, the human son of man, had to overcome his humanity in his garden of Gethsemane before He could accomplish His godly task on Earth.

All of us have events in our lives that spiritually we have prepared for, yet when the trial presents itself, we try to avoid it. Jesus prayed three times at an hour each time to have this horrific event taken from Him instead of having to go through it. Yet in the end He accepts it for you and me and for the joy beyond.

Today, we rejoice in God for his trustworthiness with family, friends, and our two little helpers, Mr. Cooper and Miss Molly.

Blessings to all

Cooper and Molly had a question for God:

I asked my Creator why he had make me thus, I must look to my master for food and shelter and such.

He smiled and said, "I did it so you could teach my man that all he receives in this life and beyond comes not from his work or wisdom but are gifts of love from His master's hand."

John H. Dumke Sr. is the son of a pastor, the Reverend Allen W Dumke, now passed on to his reward. In his father's first church in Hinton, Iowa, John went forward and accepted Jesus as his personal Savior. He told his mother the next day that he now had two birthdays. At twenty-five years of age having marred once, and having five children, was divorced, as he says now drifted away from faith.His oldest child, Steven Allen graduated to Heaven at Christmas time in 1965. He then met and married Nita Raye, who already had one child, they then had one more, so they together raised Kim (for a short time) then Stephanie, John H the Second, Brad, Jim and Chris.Because of difficult financial times in 1976, and searching for answers, he returned to faith. As he put it, "I finally submitted to the Lordship of God over my life." Since then, he has been studying and writing. This is his second book, the first book, "The Majesty, The Mystery and Mission of Marriage," is available at Amazon.com.On April 14, 2016, John and Nita Raye celebrated their fiftieth wedding anniversary with their children, grandchildren, and great-grandchildren, as many as could make it to the party. October 16th, 2020, Nita Raye completed her course on earth and graduated to Glory. John is working to complete his course and longs to join her, to live forever in the presence of God the Father, God the Son, Jesus Christ his Savior, and God the Holy Spirit.