A betrayal of trust inflicts perhaps the most grievous of wounds. Yet, it is through a singular act of betrayal to which we owe a significant portion of our Christian faith. Without Judas, we may never know of the sacrifice willingly offered, and the love that allows it to even occur.
Too often, we get fixated on the act of betrayal, we feel the injury immensely and wallow in it. We question whether we can trust again, hope again. Yet, in all that time Christ knew all along that He has to be betrayed, will be betrayed; still, that has never stopped Him from loving and being charitable. That has never stopped Him to reach out to Pharisees and Roman centurions, to heal them and their loved ones.
He did not allow it to bias His ministry.
We must remember that, we must hold fast to that. The church, any church can be broken by acts of betrayal and scandals. Its leaders can betray our trust, and our faith may falter, but don't turn away from it. Don't act out of fear of betrayal, or linger in the shadows of it hurt. Instead, we must overcome it, overcome the overwhelming sense of betrayal, for beyond it is an even greater abundance of love. Salvation awaits those who knows of betrayal's grief, account for it, confident and assured in the knowledge one can get pass it.
The foundation of faith is form from love that rises above doubt and certainty.
