Is it I, Lord?

Mark 14:1-21

Here we are with Jesus at Passover. He and the disciples are having what we now call the Last Supper. Much to the disciples’ surprise Jesus says that one of them will betray Him.

Can you imagine what that would have felt like? Each of the men except for one must have felt as if he had been smacked in the head. Jesus had chosen these men…they learned from Him, they taught, they learned some more, they followed Him…and one of them was going to betray Jesus?

Does that sound right to you? It doesn’t sound right to me. Why would a person do such a thing?

I know that I wouldn’t nor would you, I feel certain, But, you know what? Every time we are unkind, gossip, cuss, swear, ignore people, let people go hungry…a multitude of things…we betray Jesus.

Not so long ago a person asked if she could visit me. I do not love this person sufficiently because I made every excuse a person could possibly make for her not to visit. She did come to my home, but she called me from outside my apartment and said she had something for me…but that she would not come inside the door. I said okay begrudgingly.

She came to the door, did not come in, but handed me a card in a bright red envelope. It was a valentine. Never before had I received a valentine from her. Besides that, there was some money in it…and I had been praying for a small amount of money to give to a good cause.

That day, among others, I betrayed Jesus. Lord, it was I.

Carol

Bible Breath: Grant me mercy / A sinner