Backstabbers

Betrayal hurts more than any other pain a person can feel. It is a spiritual laceration sutures can’t stitch. Uneasy thoughts hijack the mind while the previously trusted is exposed. He or she gambles the gift that you are, even after recently dipping bread at your side.

This happened recently. My best friend of twenty years lied. And when confronted, lied even more. Here’s a secret though: backstabbers don’t desire to necessarily stab. If so, they’d stab openly. Instead, a war rages inside. Extending the metaphor of Jesus and Judas, a back stabber is torn between two things: 30 pieces of shekels—symbolizing temporary pleasures—and Jesus, the ruler of all things. And so it begs the question: why do people routinely loose sight of valuable relationships?

After all, a good relationship is like a tax break, hard to find. Moreover, its victims become “more unyielding” than a fortified city, says the proverb. So, the victims must now heal from two places. First, from the strike, and then also, from un-forgiveness.