My reading has brought me to the last chapters of the Gospel of Matthew. This morning I was reading the account of the last supper and of Judas’ betrayal. These are just some thoughts I had:
Judas Betrayal
Why did Judas choose to betray with a kiss?
Was it some arrogant pride
That caused him to say,
See, I too am one
Of the inner circle”?
What did he think?
That his subtle approach
To Jesus
Appearing as a friend
Would keep God from running?
Did he want to preserve
His self image
As a nice guy?
As right?
Expecting the Kingdom to come his way?
How did he see God’s ways
With his treasurers mind?
Did he see Jesus’ ways
As too utterly foreign
To usher in the Kingdom?
Was he just a
Regular misguided guy?
Did his heart turn to stone
Before or after
His treacherous act?
Could he have chosen
To repent
Following such a heinous act
Of treachery?
Or, once done, did his act seal his fate forever?
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Was reading that very passage last night. And Jesus still called Judas “friend”….I feel good about that. In the midst of our dirty deeds, he loves us all the way to the cross…….