HAPPY THANKSGIVING!
HERE IS WHAT I AM THANKFUL FOR THIS YEAR:
MY HEALTH!
SO MANY OF MY DEAR FRIENDS HAVE CANCER. I PRAY FOR THEM DAILY. IF YOU HAVE YOUR HEALTH , YOU HAVE EVERYTHING.
NO, NOT REALLY. IF YOU HAVE GOD, YOU HAVE EVERYTHING!
BETTER I SHOULD PRAY FOR THE FRIENDS WHO HAVE EVERYTHING BUT GOD!
I AM THANKFUL FOR MY FAITH!
HAVE A BLESSED T DAY.
KISS!
Wednesday, November 25, 2009
Monday, November 23, 2009
TODAY'S KISS NOVEMBER 23,2009
FINALLY, I AM RETURNING TO MY BLOGS. I AM WORKING ON A BOOK FOR EACH OF THEM SO WHEN I HAVE OVER 100 ENTRIES, THEY WILL BE EDITED AND OFF TO PUBLISHER.
EACH BLOG, GRANDMA LIPSTICK'S KISSES AND WHOOPSIE'S WORLD ARE TWO DIFFERENT TYPES OF BLOGS. ONE IS QUITE PERSONAL AND DISCUSSES MY FAITH IN DEPTH. THE OTHER IS MORE WHIMSICAL.
MAYBE ONE WILL APPEAL TO YOU.
I HAVE RETURNED TO DAILY MASS SINCE THE CHURCH IS QUITE CLOSE TO OUR HOUSE I CAN WALK THE BEACH WITH A CUP OF COFFEE AFTERWARD AND FIND IT TO BE MY MORNING PRAYER TIME AND MEDITATION.
I HAVE A LOT OF PEOPLE TO PRAY FOR LATELY. SEVERAL FRIENDS ARE STRUGGLING WITH CANCER. ONE FRIEND WAS RECENTLY DIAGNOSED WITH PANCREATIC CANCER AND IS BEGINNING A NEW EXPERIMENTAL TREATMENT IN TAMPA.
THREE OTHERS HAVE BREAST CANCER IN VARIOUS STAGES.
I AM SO ANGRY AT THE AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY. WHAT ARE THEY DOING WITH THE TRILLIONS OF DOLLARS THEY HAVE RECEIVED? IN TWENTY YEARS THERE HAS HARDLY BEEN ANY MAJOR BREAKTHROUGHS, HAVE THERE? THE TREATMENT OF CHEMO AND RADIATION IS STILL GOING ON WITH HARMFUL SIDE EFFECTS. I CANNOT BELIEVE THAT THERE HAS NOT BEEN MORE BREAKTHROUGHS. AM I THE ONLY ONE WHO FEELS THIS WAY?
I JUST WONDER IF THE ACS DOESN'T WANT TO FIND CURES. A GREAT DEAL OF PEOPLE RELY ON THE MONEY FOR SALARIES.
I THINK WE ALL NEED TO STORM HEAVEN FOR CURES. HAVE WE ABORTED THE ONES WHO COULD HAVE FOUND THE CURES? THAT WOULDN'T SURPRISE ME.
TODAY, STOP FOR A FEW MINUTES AND ASK GOD FOR A CURE. HESAYS WE WHO ASK WILL RECEIVE. KEEP AFTER HIM!
STORM HEAVEN!
KISS.
EACH BLOG, GRANDMA LIPSTICK'S KISSES AND WHOOPSIE'S WORLD ARE TWO DIFFERENT TYPES OF BLOGS. ONE IS QUITE PERSONAL AND DISCUSSES MY FAITH IN DEPTH. THE OTHER IS MORE WHIMSICAL.
MAYBE ONE WILL APPEAL TO YOU.
I HAVE RETURNED TO DAILY MASS SINCE THE CHURCH IS QUITE CLOSE TO OUR HOUSE I CAN WALK THE BEACH WITH A CUP OF COFFEE AFTERWARD AND FIND IT TO BE MY MORNING PRAYER TIME AND MEDITATION.
I HAVE A LOT OF PEOPLE TO PRAY FOR LATELY. SEVERAL FRIENDS ARE STRUGGLING WITH CANCER. ONE FRIEND WAS RECENTLY DIAGNOSED WITH PANCREATIC CANCER AND IS BEGINNING A NEW EXPERIMENTAL TREATMENT IN TAMPA.
THREE OTHERS HAVE BREAST CANCER IN VARIOUS STAGES.
I AM SO ANGRY AT THE AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY. WHAT ARE THEY DOING WITH THE TRILLIONS OF DOLLARS THEY HAVE RECEIVED? IN TWENTY YEARS THERE HAS HARDLY BEEN ANY MAJOR BREAKTHROUGHS, HAVE THERE? THE TREATMENT OF CHEMO AND RADIATION IS STILL GOING ON WITH HARMFUL SIDE EFFECTS. I CANNOT BELIEVE THAT THERE HAS NOT BEEN MORE BREAKTHROUGHS. AM I THE ONLY ONE WHO FEELS THIS WAY?
I JUST WONDER IF THE ACS DOESN'T WANT TO FIND CURES. A GREAT DEAL OF PEOPLE RELY ON THE MONEY FOR SALARIES.
I THINK WE ALL NEED TO STORM HEAVEN FOR CURES. HAVE WE ABORTED THE ONES WHO COULD HAVE FOUND THE CURES? THAT WOULDN'T SURPRISE ME.
TODAY, STOP FOR A FEW MINUTES AND ASK GOD FOR A CURE. HESAYS WE WHO ASK WILL RECEIVE. KEEP AFTER HIM!
STORM HEAVEN!
KISS.
Thursday, April 23, 2009
TODAY'S KISS, APRIL 23, 2009
A PERSONAL RELATIONSHIP
HAS ANYONE EVER ASKED YOU IF YOU HAVE A PERSONAL RELATIONSHIP WITH JESUS?
OR: HAVE YOU FOUND THE LORD?
TO THAT QUESTION I ALWAYS ANSWER: I DIDN'T KNOW HE WAS MISSING!
I KNOW, SMART ALECK ME!
I DO HAVE A PERSONAL RELATIONSHIP WITH THE LORD BUT IT CERTAINLY IS NOT PERFECT.
I BELIEVE THAT JESUS IS MUCH MORE THAN A FIGURE OF HISTORY OR A REMARKABLE PROPHET.
A MUSLIM FRIEND ONCE SAID: "WE BELIEVE THAT JESUS WAS A GOOD MAN, A GREAT PROPHET BUT NOT THE SON OF GOD."
I SAID THAT IF JESUS WAS SO GOOD AND SO GREAT THEN HE WOULD NOT HAVE PROFESSED TO BE THE SON OF GOD. HE DID, HOWEVER. SO THAT SHOULD MAKE HIM A LIAR, A FOOL FULL OF DELUSIONS.
MY MUSILIM FRIEND DID NOT ANSWER ME. HOW COULD HE? IF JESUS WAS NOT WHO HE SAID HE WAS, THEN I WOULDN'T BE FOLLOWING HIM EITHER. I CERTAINLY WOULD NOT THINK HIM A GREAT AND HONEST MAN.
BECAUSE HE IS WHO HE SAID HE WAS, I LOVE HIM. I TRY TO FOLLOW HIM AND OBEY HIM. BUT MORE IMPORTANTLY, I LOVE HIM AND TRUST HIM.
THE OTHER DAY I RECEIVED A JURY SUMMONS AND A FRIEND TOLD ME TO TEAR IT UP. NO ONE WOULD COME AFTER ME, HE SAID.
SO I WAS WITH SOME FRIENDS THE NEXT DAY AND ASKED THEM IF I SHOULD TEAR UP A JURY SUMMONS. THEY ABOUT LAUGHED ME OUT OF THE DOG PARK. ONE SAID, YOU ARE SO RELIGIOUS, HOW COULD YOU NOT WANT TO SERVE YOUR COMMUNITY?
PEOPLE SEE YOU FOR WHAT YOU PROFESS TO BE AND BELIEVE IN. IF I STUMBLE OR AM TEMPTED TO DO SOMETHING WRONG, THEY CATCH ME RIGHT AWAY AND HOLD ME TO MY FAITH.
I GUESS THAT IS GOOD. HOW COULD I EVER NOT HEED A JURY SUMMONS? HEY, I AM HUMAN. I DON'T WANT TO DRIVE TWO HOURS TO COURT!
JUST BECAUSE WE LOVE THE LORD DOESN'T MEAN WE CANNOT STUMBLE. HE IS GOOD AT CATCHING US. HIS BEST ACT IS IN THE SAVING BUSINESS.
YES, I HAVE A PERSONAL RELATIONSHIP WITH HIM. HE KNOWS MY STRENGTHS AND WEAKNESSESS.
THANK GOD HE IS THERE TO SUPPORT ME AND LOVE ME UNCONDITIONALLY.
THAT IS WHAT GOOD FRIENDS DO!
KISS
HAS ANYONE EVER ASKED YOU IF YOU HAVE A PERSONAL RELATIONSHIP WITH JESUS?
OR: HAVE YOU FOUND THE LORD?
TO THAT QUESTION I ALWAYS ANSWER: I DIDN'T KNOW HE WAS MISSING!
I KNOW, SMART ALECK ME!
I DO HAVE A PERSONAL RELATIONSHIP WITH THE LORD BUT IT CERTAINLY IS NOT PERFECT.
I BELIEVE THAT JESUS IS MUCH MORE THAN A FIGURE OF HISTORY OR A REMARKABLE PROPHET.
A MUSLIM FRIEND ONCE SAID: "WE BELIEVE THAT JESUS WAS A GOOD MAN, A GREAT PROPHET BUT NOT THE SON OF GOD."
I SAID THAT IF JESUS WAS SO GOOD AND SO GREAT THEN HE WOULD NOT HAVE PROFESSED TO BE THE SON OF GOD. HE DID, HOWEVER. SO THAT SHOULD MAKE HIM A LIAR, A FOOL FULL OF DELUSIONS.
MY MUSILIM FRIEND DID NOT ANSWER ME. HOW COULD HE? IF JESUS WAS NOT WHO HE SAID HE WAS, THEN I WOULDN'T BE FOLLOWING HIM EITHER. I CERTAINLY WOULD NOT THINK HIM A GREAT AND HONEST MAN.
BECAUSE HE IS WHO HE SAID HE WAS, I LOVE HIM. I TRY TO FOLLOW HIM AND OBEY HIM. BUT MORE IMPORTANTLY, I LOVE HIM AND TRUST HIM.
THE OTHER DAY I RECEIVED A JURY SUMMONS AND A FRIEND TOLD ME TO TEAR IT UP. NO ONE WOULD COME AFTER ME, HE SAID.
SO I WAS WITH SOME FRIENDS THE NEXT DAY AND ASKED THEM IF I SHOULD TEAR UP A JURY SUMMONS. THEY ABOUT LAUGHED ME OUT OF THE DOG PARK. ONE SAID, YOU ARE SO RELIGIOUS, HOW COULD YOU NOT WANT TO SERVE YOUR COMMUNITY?
PEOPLE SEE YOU FOR WHAT YOU PROFESS TO BE AND BELIEVE IN. IF I STUMBLE OR AM TEMPTED TO DO SOMETHING WRONG, THEY CATCH ME RIGHT AWAY AND HOLD ME TO MY FAITH.
I GUESS THAT IS GOOD. HOW COULD I EVER NOT HEED A JURY SUMMONS? HEY, I AM HUMAN. I DON'T WANT TO DRIVE TWO HOURS TO COURT!
JUST BECAUSE WE LOVE THE LORD DOESN'T MEAN WE CANNOT STUMBLE. HE IS GOOD AT CATCHING US. HIS BEST ACT IS IN THE SAVING BUSINESS.
YES, I HAVE A PERSONAL RELATIONSHIP WITH HIM. HE KNOWS MY STRENGTHS AND WEAKNESSESS.
THANK GOD HE IS THERE TO SUPPORT ME AND LOVE ME UNCONDITIONALLY.
THAT IS WHAT GOOD FRIENDS DO!
KISS
Wednesday, April 15, 2009
TODAY'S KISS APRIL 15, 2009
THE BREAKING OF THE BREAD!
TODAY'S GOSPEL IS THE STORY OF EMMAUS. TWO DISCIPLES, NOT OF THE 12, WERE ON THE ROAD TO EMMAUS WHEN A YOUNG MAN JOINED THEM.. THEY TALKED OF THE HAPPENING IN JERUSALEM THE PAST WEEK.
AFTER A WHILE THEY CAME TO AN INN WERE THE SHARED A MEAL.
THEY DID NOT RECOGNIZE THE STRANGER AS JESUS. BUT THEIR HEARTS WERE BURNING WITHIN THEM.
FINALLY, THEY CAME TO KNOW HIM IN THE BREAKING OF THE BREAD.
I AM REALLY SIMPLIFYING THIS STORY. IT IS MY FAVORITE GOSPEL PASSAGE AND THE WEDDING OF CANA COMES IN SECOND. IT IS THE MESSAGE OF BOTH THAT I LOVE AND HAVE TAKEN TO HEART.
WOULD WE RECOGNIZE JESUS IF HE JOINED US ON OUR TRAVELS? IF HE SAT NEXT TO US IN A MOVIE THEATER OR WAITED ON US AT THE MALL?
WHAT IF HE CAME TO DO A SERVICE AT YOUR HOUSE- LIKE FIX A LEAKY FAUCET OR PROVIDED PEST CONTROL?
WHAT IF HE WAS ON THE CORNER OF ONE OF THE STREETS IN YOUR TOWN WEARING DIRTY DREADS AND SELLING HAND MADE JEWELRY?
I TRY TO LOOK FOR CHRIST IN ALL FACES OF THE PEOPLE I MEET AND KNOW. I AM SURE HE IS THERE.
HE IS NOT THAT OBVIOUS, HOWEVER, BUT HE IS ALWAYS PRESENT. I PICTURE HIM WALKING THE EARTH IN THE ROBES AND SANDALS HE WORE IN JERUSALEM.
MAYBE HE IS MORE HIP NOW. MAYBE HE IS IN JEANS AND A TEE SHIRT. OR A TUX. OR A BLUE PIN STRIPE SUIT.
WHATEVER FACE HE PROVIDES, I CAN ONLY IMAGINE.
I JUST KNOW I CANNOT WAIT TO MEET HIM.
I ALSO KNOW THAT I DO MEET HIM IN THE BREAKING OF THE BREAD.
KISS
TODAY'S GOSPEL IS THE STORY OF EMMAUS. TWO DISCIPLES, NOT OF THE 12, WERE ON THE ROAD TO EMMAUS WHEN A YOUNG MAN JOINED THEM.. THEY TALKED OF THE HAPPENING IN JERUSALEM THE PAST WEEK.
AFTER A WHILE THEY CAME TO AN INN WERE THE SHARED A MEAL.
THEY DID NOT RECOGNIZE THE STRANGER AS JESUS. BUT THEIR HEARTS WERE BURNING WITHIN THEM.
FINALLY, THEY CAME TO KNOW HIM IN THE BREAKING OF THE BREAD.
I AM REALLY SIMPLIFYING THIS STORY. IT IS MY FAVORITE GOSPEL PASSAGE AND THE WEDDING OF CANA COMES IN SECOND. IT IS THE MESSAGE OF BOTH THAT I LOVE AND HAVE TAKEN TO HEART.
WOULD WE RECOGNIZE JESUS IF HE JOINED US ON OUR TRAVELS? IF HE SAT NEXT TO US IN A MOVIE THEATER OR WAITED ON US AT THE MALL?
WHAT IF HE CAME TO DO A SERVICE AT YOUR HOUSE- LIKE FIX A LEAKY FAUCET OR PROVIDED PEST CONTROL?
WHAT IF HE WAS ON THE CORNER OF ONE OF THE STREETS IN YOUR TOWN WEARING DIRTY DREADS AND SELLING HAND MADE JEWELRY?
I TRY TO LOOK FOR CHRIST IN ALL FACES OF THE PEOPLE I MEET AND KNOW. I AM SURE HE IS THERE.
HE IS NOT THAT OBVIOUS, HOWEVER, BUT HE IS ALWAYS PRESENT. I PICTURE HIM WALKING THE EARTH IN THE ROBES AND SANDALS HE WORE IN JERUSALEM.
MAYBE HE IS MORE HIP NOW. MAYBE HE IS IN JEANS AND A TEE SHIRT. OR A TUX. OR A BLUE PIN STRIPE SUIT.
WHATEVER FACE HE PROVIDES, I CAN ONLY IMAGINE.
I JUST KNOW I CANNOT WAIT TO MEET HIM.
I ALSO KNOW THAT I DO MEET HIM IN THE BREAKING OF THE BREAD.
KISS
Saturday, April 11, 2009
TODAY'S KISS ON HOLY SATURDAY
CHILDREN AS WELL AS ADULTS TAKE TURNS CARRYING THE CROSS. I WONDER HOW MANY TOWNS IN THIS COUNTRY DO THIS? WHAT A MESSAGE IT SENDS OUT TO THE COMMUNITY.
EVERY YEAR OUR LITTLE TOWN DOES THE STATIONS OF THE CROSS WITH ALL THE CHURCHES PARTAKING. ABOUT 200-300 ACTUALLY WALK THE FOURTEEN STATIONS AND DIFFERENT FOLKS READ THE STATION. ANOTHER MAN SINGS THE VERSE OF "WERE YOU THERE?" BEFORE EACH STATION.
I WANT TO WISH EVERYONE A HAPPY EASTER. TOMORROW THE BEST NEWS EVER IS REENACTED AS CHRIST RISES FROM THE DEAD.
I WANT TO WISH EVERYONE A HAPPY EASTER. TOMORROW THE BEST NEWS EVER IS REENACTED AS CHRIST RISES FROM THE DEAD.
HAVING TROUBLE BELIEVING THAT?
STOP AND THINK ABOUT ALL THE THINGS YOU DO BELIEVE WITHOUT A HITCH.
GOD SAYS, "FOR I KNOW THE PLANS I HAVE FOR YOU, SAYS THE LORD. PLANS TO PROSPER YOU, NOT TO HARM YOU.
PLANS TO GIVE YOU HOPE."
HOPE IN ETERNAL LIFE. THAT IS NOT A FOOLISH THING TO HOPE IN, MY FRIENDS.
I MET A GAL IN BUDAPEST SEVERAL YEARS AGO WHO GREW UP IN THE RUSSIAN OCCUPATION. ALL THE CHURCHES WERE CLOSED AND THEIR FAITH WAS NOT ALLOWED TO BE PRACTICED SO SHE GREW UP LITERALLY HOPING IN NOTHING.
I ASKED HER :"NOW THAT THE COUNTRY IS FREE YOU CAN GO BACK TO YOUR CHURCHES AND FIND THAT FAITH, CAN'T YOU?"
SHE HESITATED, THEN SAID," I THINK IT WAS NITCHSKI(SP) WHO SAID THAT ONE CAN LOSE NOTHING BY HOPING IN A GOD AND AN AFTERLIFE FOR IF THERE IS NOTHING, THEN WHAT HAVE WE TO LOSE? BUT--IF THERE IS SOMETHING, THEN WE SHALL SURLEY WANT TO PARTAKE IN IT."
I SAID, "WHAT HAVE YOU GOT TO LOSE BY HAVING A FAITH IN GOD?" AND SHE SAID,
"NOTHING, NOTHING AT ALL."
I HAVE NO IDEA WHATEVER HAPPENED TO HER. I PRAY SHE IS A BELIEVER. IT IS SO WONDERFUL TO HOPE IN A GOD WHO DIED FOR US. WHO LOVES US AND WANTS US TO BE WITH HIM FOR EVER.
ARE YOU ONE OF THOSE PEOPLE WHO HAD A REAL TRAGEDY IN YOUR LIFE? ARE YOU BITTER? DO YOU OFTEN ASK, "WHY ME?"
I HAVE TO ASK , "WHY ANYONE?" WHY DOES ANYONE HAVE TO SUFFER? I TRULY BELIEVE WHEN I HAVE EVEN THOUGHT, WHY ME?, I AM ACTUALLY SAYING, WHY NOT SOMEONE ELSE?
HOW SELFISH IS THAT? NO MATTER WHAT OUR STORY, WE ARE ALL TRAVELERS ON THE ROAD TO THE GRAVE.
NO ONE GETS OUT ALIVE. OR DO WE? I THINK WE DO AND THAT LIFE IS DETERMINED BY OUR LOVE AND OBEDIENCE FOR THE GREATEST LOVER, JESUS.
ONLY THEN WILL ALL OUR QUESTIONS BE ANSWERED AND OUR TEARS WIPED AWAY.
HAVE HOPE THIS EASTER. THE STORY IS AS TRUE AS ANY OTHER STORY IN HISTORY THAT WE HAVE HEARD AND NEVER QUESTION.
KISS!
Wednesday, April 8, 2009
Today's Kiss April 8, 2009
Today's Thought:
"All things work for good for those who love the Lord." St. Paul wrote those words and I use them at times for my mantra especially when things are falling apart.
I wonder if Jesus thought of that as He trod to Calvary.
I am sure he had a stronger faith in the Father than we do.
Do you truly believe that things will all work out for the good? Do you love God?
How much do you love him? More than anything in the world?
I love the Lord a lot! But I sure love my little dog, my husband, the kids and grandkids and dear friends.
I tend to let my ferver for God slip when they all move into my space tugging at my soul with their lives, loves and troubles.
I cannot fix them. I can barely fix myself. But prayer sure works. He is always there to listen to me and sometimes He says, "Yes." Sometimes He says, "NO."
Once in a while he says, "Wait." That's the word I like the best. If I wait and pray and watch-
good things always happen.
Yep, they do.
Kiss
"All things work for good for those who love the Lord." St. Paul wrote those words and I use them at times for my mantra especially when things are falling apart.
I wonder if Jesus thought of that as He trod to Calvary.
I am sure he had a stronger faith in the Father than we do.
Do you truly believe that things will all work out for the good? Do you love God?
How much do you love him? More than anything in the world?
I love the Lord a lot! But I sure love my little dog, my husband, the kids and grandkids and dear friends.
I tend to let my ferver for God slip when they all move into my space tugging at my soul with their lives, loves and troubles.
I cannot fix them. I can barely fix myself. But prayer sure works. He is always there to listen to me and sometimes He says, "Yes." Sometimes He says, "NO."
Once in a while he says, "Wait." That's the word I like the best. If I wait and pray and watch-
good things always happen.
Yep, they do.
Kiss
Tuesday, April 7, 2009
TODAY'S KISS APRIL 7, 2009
THOUGHTS FOR HOLY WEEK
TODAY'S THOUGHT: PETER AND JUDAS
BOTH MEN WERE BELOVED APOSTLES OF CHRIST. PETER THE ROCK DENIES CHRIST THREE TIMES.
I THINK I WOULD HAVE AS WELL. I WOULD HAVE BEEN SCARED TO DEATH IF I WAS ONE OF HIS FOLLOWERS AND THEN WATCHED AS HE WAS HAULED AWAY. MY FATE WOULD HAVE FLASHED BEFORE ME AND I WOULD HAVE BAILED.
JUDAS, HOWEVER, I CANNOT RELATE TO. I DO NOT THINK I WOULD HAVE SOLD JESUS OUT. WHEN THEY WERE ALL AT THE LAST SUPPER AND JESUS SAYS TO JUDAS: "GO AND DO WHAT YOU HAVE TO DO." I WOULD HAVE STOPPED IN MY TRACKS AND REFUSED TO LEAVE HIS SIDE. AT LEAST I THINK THAT IS WHAT I WOULD DO.
I HAVE BETRAYED HIM WITH THE SINS OF MY LIFE, HOWEVER.
I HOPE MY SINS NEVER WEIGH ME DOWN TO THE POINT WHERE I WOULD TAKE MY LIFE.
THAT IS JUDAS' MAIN SIN. JESUS CAN FORGIVE ANYTHING BUT OUR DESPAIR IS FATAL.
NO MATTER WHAT WE HAVE DONE, LORD, FORGIVE US. NEVER LET US SEPARATE OURSELVES FROM YOU OUT OF FEAR THAT YOU CANNOT FORGIVE US. MORE IMPORTANTLY, HE FORGETS OUR SIN.
FORGIVE AND FORGET. IF ONLY WE COULD DO THAT AS EASLIY AS HE DOES.
KISS
TODAY'S THOUGHT: PETER AND JUDAS
BOTH MEN WERE BELOVED APOSTLES OF CHRIST. PETER THE ROCK DENIES CHRIST THREE TIMES.
I THINK I WOULD HAVE AS WELL. I WOULD HAVE BEEN SCARED TO DEATH IF I WAS ONE OF HIS FOLLOWERS AND THEN WATCHED AS HE WAS HAULED AWAY. MY FATE WOULD HAVE FLASHED BEFORE ME AND I WOULD HAVE BAILED.
JUDAS, HOWEVER, I CANNOT RELATE TO. I DO NOT THINK I WOULD HAVE SOLD JESUS OUT. WHEN THEY WERE ALL AT THE LAST SUPPER AND JESUS SAYS TO JUDAS: "GO AND DO WHAT YOU HAVE TO DO." I WOULD HAVE STOPPED IN MY TRACKS AND REFUSED TO LEAVE HIS SIDE. AT LEAST I THINK THAT IS WHAT I WOULD DO.
I HAVE BETRAYED HIM WITH THE SINS OF MY LIFE, HOWEVER.
I HOPE MY SINS NEVER WEIGH ME DOWN TO THE POINT WHERE I WOULD TAKE MY LIFE.
THAT IS JUDAS' MAIN SIN. JESUS CAN FORGIVE ANYTHING BUT OUR DESPAIR IS FATAL.
NO MATTER WHAT WE HAVE DONE, LORD, FORGIVE US. NEVER LET US SEPARATE OURSELVES FROM YOU OUT OF FEAR THAT YOU CANNOT FORGIVE US. MORE IMPORTANTLY, HE FORGETS OUR SIN.
FORGIVE AND FORGET. IF ONLY WE COULD DO THAT AS EASLIY AS HE DOES.
KISS
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