Saturday, April 4, 2015

Betrayal

I am Judas' kiss, but You love me anyway.
~Sidewalk Prophets~

Betrayal...
Coming to terms with the fact that you can't change 
what someone else has done to you...
Is a huge feat.

Living with that fact...
Is a giant challenge.

But dying for the one who has betrayed you...
Is a true MIRACLE!


Betrayal is one of the most painful things in life to endure.
It can seem worse than illness, worse even than death.
The betrayer may never express remorse, they may
never even acknowledge that the betrayal has taken place. 
I am guilty of this. We are all guilty of this.
"See, I am the one who yelled out from the crowd
For Your blood to be spilled on this earth shaking ground,
Yes, then I turned away with a smile on my face,
with this sin in my heart, tried to bury your grace"
~Sidewalk Prophets~ "You Loved Me Anyway"


I'd like to think this wouldn't be me, 
that I wouldn't have betrayed Him, 
but the truth is, I am not capable of His kind of love.
I am nothing more than one of His betrayers.  
Yet, Jesus took this betrayal of Him,
and gave His life for it. 
"And He loved me anyway."

I cannot comprehend His love.
Not at all. 
His Word tells us over and over of His love for us. 
Yet, understanding that kind of love, that kind of grace,
that kind of sacrifice, for my freedom, for your freedom,
to break my chains, to break your chains,
to right the wrongs of His enemies,
to right the wrongs of my enemies,
of those who betrayed him, of those who have betrayed me,
and of those who have betrayed you,
is more than I will ever be able to comprehend. 

So I'll just share the words and music to this beautiful song,
that say it better than I ever could :)

"How Can It Be"

I am guilty
Ashamed of what I've done, what I've become
These hands are dirty
I dare not lift them up to the Holy one

You plead my cause
You right my wrongs
You break my chains
You overcome
You gave Your life
To give me mine
You say that I am free
How can it be
How can it be

I've been hiding
Afraid I've let you down, inside I doubt
That You still love me
But in Your eyes there's only grace now

You plead my cause
Your right my wrongs
You break my chains
You overcome
You gave Your life
To give me mine
You say that I am free
How can it be
How can it be

Though I fall, You can make me new
From this death I will rise with You
Oh the grace reaching out for me
How can it be
How can it be

You plead my cause
You right my wrongs
You break my chains
You overcome
You gave your life
To give me mine
You say that I am free
How can it be
How can it be


"Very rarely will anyone die for a righteous man, though for a good man someone might possibly dare to die. But God demonstrates his own love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us." 
Romans 5: 7-8


12 comments:

  1. I posted yesterday about our trip to Jerusalem and the Via Dolorosa. I used to listen to a Sandi Patty song years and years ago by that same name - Via Dolorosa -- but never knew what it was until I walked the streets of old Jerusalem. You always post such lovely songs. Happy Easter! Tammy

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    1. So loved seeing your photos. That song by Sandi Patty is beautiful. I can imagine you were humming it in your head while you walked along that path. Thank you for your kind comment Tammy.

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  2. What a Savior! It is wonderful to stop and focus on the death Christ suffered for us!
    Thanks for a precious reminder!
    God bless!

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    1. Thank you so much Christine! Too often I fail to focus on the cost He paid for my sin. Easter always brings it back. I hope your Easter was glorious!

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  3. I love what you said:::

    ""He loved me anyway""
    It speaks truth, deeply..

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    1. Thank you Jane. Those words are a wonderful reminder of the way He feels about us, in spite of us :)

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  4. Amen!!!! Blessings to you and your family.

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    1. Thank you Janette. Blessings to you and your family too!

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  5. Beautiful post! I can't comprehend either, but I'm so grateful that He loved me anyway! Blessings, Cheryl

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    1. Well said Cheryl! Thank you for your kind words of encouragement!

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  6. The beauty of Jesus' sacrifice for us.

    Thankful for God's great love for us that while we were still sinners, Christ died.

    Deanna

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Blessings,
Marcia