March 31, 2015
You, Judas
You watched Him turn the water into wine,
Saw crowds who followed Him sit down to dine
On loaves and fishes freely blessed and given,
Requiring that no money from your purse be riven.
A fish produced a shekel for His tax.
Each of His followers for nothing lacks.
Though at His call you left your livelihood,
From His hand you were given every good.
But, keeper of the money bag, your eyes
Could not from wealth of this world ever rise.
Blessings mistaken for the realm itself
Decay and tarnish, cease to be real wealth.
His Kingdom—so much more than coins and bread—
Escaped your grasp, and doom fell on your head.
Copyright © 2015 by Teresa Roberts Johnson (All rights reserved)
John 2:1-11
John 6
Matthew 17:26-27
John 12:4-6
John 13
Genesis 3:15
Will said,
March 31, 2015 at 10:07 pm
This is outstanding -really conveys the enormity of Judas’ transgressions.
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Teresa Roberts Johnson said,
March 31, 2015 at 10:15 pm
It was heart-wrenching to write, as I was forced to examine my own soul in the process.
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