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I pray a lot that I will be able to finish my course and keep the faith,
we need to finish well.  God bless.

Betrayed

Betrayed

There is no greater shock when you discover
one whom you trusted has stabbed you secretly in the back,
No not necessarily with a physical blade
but the pain of it is just as real even though your blood it did lack.

Have you ever felt that cold blade of steel
as it pierces your unsuspecting heart from within,
Usually , it is a friend or loved one of your who curses the day you were born
and treats you like you were as ugly as sin.

How Jesus must have wept even though
from the start He knew who Judas was,
a liar and a thief, his heart was set to deliver to His executioners
this Precious Lamb of God from above.

Even I, myself, have ministered and prayed for such a one
only to have them turn their back on me and lie,
speaking half truths to others that I was to have spoken
until I had whispered to my Father, “Oh, Lord, just let me die”.

But then imagine, our Christ Jesus the perfect, sinless,
Son of Almighty God, sent here to die in our place,
to have one of His twelve disciples as it were
to spit in His beautiful face.

Betrayed, such a horrible thought yet most of us
proudly think, “why, I would never do that”,
but have you ever denied knowing the Lord by your words or your actions
do people know what level your faith in Him is at?

Stop at this very moment and take stock
of how you are living your life,
and if you cannot say with clear conscience I’ve not betrayed Him
 then ask Him to wash away every sin, for only then you’ll be ready when you die.

Written by:  Marilyn Jennings
Copyright © | Year Posted 2015


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