Easter Week: Wednesday -- Betrayal

Christ the Redeemer, Brazil
We need Christ always.

Judas Iscariot.  The Betrayer.  Someone who was supposed to be a friend, but who loved money more than Jesus.  Jesus, who is the Son of the Most High God.  Who created everything, including the silver that the money Judas coveted was made from. 

Have you ever been betrayed?  Have you thought someone was your friend, only to find that they cared for something or someone else more than they cared about you?  Have you ever been the betrayer?  The person that someone trusted, who ended up being untrustworthy?

Jesus, who was betrayed, is the very one who can help and heal those who have been betrayed who are hurting and broken, and forgive and lift the betrayer who is also hurting and broken.  He understands being betrayed and the healing power of forgiveness, and He knows the motivations behind betrayal and the healing power of repentance.

All of us will fill both roles in our lifetime -- the betrayer and the betrayed.  Maybe we will yell, and be angry when love and understanding were called for.  Maybe we will be late in helping when someone really needed us to be on time.  Maybe we will gossip, and betray a trust through our words.  At other times we might be the one who is hurt by someones words, or actions.  We need Christ in both instances.  We need Him in every instance! 

Today I will be grateful for Christ, who I need every minute of every hour, and who is never the betrayer.

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