Greetings
Dear Reader,
Last year I
spent all of Holy
Week with Judas. Today as I think
about the traditional view of Judas I wonder why I think I would be any
better. To think that I would stand in
the same places he fell is pride and arrogance.
I have betrayed Christ. I have denied
him, perhaps not overtly but in silence and in cowardice.
When I am
silent and should speak, is that not betrayal?
What about when I see things upon which I should act? What is it other than betrayal when we take
Christ on to follow him then choose to turn away when our own reason or desires
call us to do so?
Following Christ
is not always an easy thing. There will
be accusations and contentions about our choice to follow. We will see those we love abandon the journey
and even encourage us to stop following.
We will fail and fall. If I do
not allow the grace of God to lift me back up and set me back on the path of
following then I am betraying the vow I made to follow. So I must follow even to the cross.
This is not
a statement of pride. Christ and him
crucified is my only hope. It was a long
and hard battle to get to faith and I will not easily give it up. Judas may have handed Christ over to those who
killed him but it was my sin that made it necessary. In that lies the only reason I need to follow.
Wishing you
joy in the journey,
Aramis Thorn
Mat 13:52 So
Jesus said to them, "That is why every writer who has become a disciple of
Christ’s rule of the universe is like a home owner. He liberally hands out new
and old things from his great treasure store."
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