July 15, 2017
Moneychanger
Oh, stood you there as moneychangers fled,
And did your pious glare increase their dread?
As they sought refuge from His holy wrath,
Pray, did you salvage coins in the aftermath?
Sly keeper of the funds, how carefully
You counted silver and spent frugally!
Was yours the voice objecting to the price
Of bread to change the wilderness to paradise?
You cringed when fragrant oil was freely poured
To anoint the blessed feet of Christ the Lord.
You feigned concern for souls who live in dearth,
While reckoning upon the spikenard’s worth.
Then in your final pact to fill your purse,
You sold the Maker of the Universe.
Copyright © 2017 by Teresa Roberts Johnson (All rights reserved)
Scriptural context:
Angliverse 
Will said,
July 15, 2017 at 11:32 pm
Those last two lines convey well the enormity of what Judas did…IMAGINE having “sold the Maker of the Universe”!
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Teresa Roberts Johnson said,
July 15, 2017 at 11:35 pm
Yes, as I meditated on Judas’ greed for monetary gain, I saw utter the foolishness of his actions, gaining the world and losing his soul.
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