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The Man In Love
garden, which He and His disciples entered. And Judas, who betrayed Him, also knew the place; for Jesus often met there with His disciples.
John 18:1-2
Jesus spent quality time with His disciples. He always made time out for them exclusively. Every now and then, He would ask them to retreat away from the people where He would be with them alone. His schedule was very busy and He was always moved with compassion when He saw people who were in need. Notwithstanding that however, He was never too busy to attend to those who were closest to Him. In the above scripture, we understand that Judas was able to locate Jesus because He had knowledge of a place where He regularly retreated to with His disciples. He had developed the custom of giving special attention to them and having them around Him as well. Some of us husbands are too busy to create time to spend with our wives. We are consumed by the needs of others and perhaps even ourselves and therefore neglect our wives need for companionship and undivided attention. Love thrives when time shared together is cherished and not sacrificed for any reason. Those times must be
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