Tag: forgiveness
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Judas, the friend of Jesus
Judas is so easy to hate. The betrayer, the snitch, the bad seed, his name synonymous with treason. No one cries when we hear he’s hung himself. We all think, “Finally he gets what he deserves.” Cast into the darkness of disgrace for all time, who mourns for Judas? But Judas was there from the…
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Rain grace upon us
Forgiveness is the water on the horizon, and we’re the pilgrims in the desert who cannot possibly walk there. Tied up tight, revenge is a hot little bundle we hug to our chest. We are plagued with hurt; the betrayal, the murder, the verbal barbs, the abandonment the lack of love, whatever. We have been…