Mark 14 -- Would I have?

Would I have poured out something worth a year's wages to anoint Jesus?

Would I have gotten angry at the one who did?

Would I have allowed strangers into my house to have their Passover meal?

Would I have missed Jesus' reminder that He WOULD rise from the dead?

Would I have claimed that I wouldn't fail Him?

Would I have slept while He prayed for what was to come?

Would I have betrayed Him with a kiss?

Would I have obeyed Him and scattered, or disobeyed Him, following behind and into temptation?

Father, it's so easy to look with 20/20 hindsight and think that I would have done better, but the truth is I am just a man and a sinner.  I probably would have done just as these men did.  But having that 20/20 hindsight, I should be NOT sinning and SURELY doing all the things You command.  Yet LIKE THEM, I fail as well.  Thank You for Your loving forgiveness and grace.  Help me to limit the times of failure as I go closer to You.

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Your Brother In Christ,

Gary Ford