How Holy Thursday Heals Hurting Hearts: The Secret that Changes Everything

It’s okay to say you’ve felt deeply betrayed.  It’s okay to honestly confess: Betrayal doesn’t just leave your heart broken; it leaves your soul jaded.  It changes your heart when you know Christ died for those who’ve hurt your heart.  It’s okay to quietly say it: It’s harder to give forgiveness to a close friend than to someone who never was a friend. Because when trust was deep, the feeling of betrayal cuts deeper.  Your Jesus knows what it’s like to have your own Judas. Jesus wasn’t betrayed by some Tom, Dick, or Harry down the street; Jesus was betrayed by one of His very closest friends—one who kissed Him warm on the cheek and then turn coated on Him, leaving Him out in the cold to be crucified alone.  It was on Thursday of Holy Week, Maundy Thursday, when Jesus sat at the Last Supper. On each side of Jesus sat one of His disciples. One of them was the one “whom Jesus loved”— the way John refers to himself four times in his Gospel, because John was hidden in the love of Jesus.  There is no way to really fully live, apart from being hidden in the passionate […]