Why sorrowing?

I have often asked myself why these three disciples would sorrow for their desire. I suspect that their stories was concerning how it might be perceived. It might seem selfish to wish never to taste of death. It might seem presumptuous to wish to serve throughout history. It might even seen naive to think that they could ensure the temptations of the world for so long in the flesh.

I’m confident that Christ saw it for what it was, a loving desire to serve their brothers and sisters. It may be that they never even considered the companion blessings that would be required to ensure them to have their wish – namely the need that they could no more feel pain except for the sins of the world.

I imagine that the chat wrought in their bodies put them in a state comparable to Adam and Eve before the fall – not mortal but also not prepared to return to heaven.