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The Chibi News Daily Reflection
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Hello, my name is Marjorie and I'm a Baptist leader in Sheffield
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There's a moment in the Gospel of John chapter 13 that feels painfully human
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Jesus is at dinner with his closest friends. These aren't casual acquaintances
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They've travelled together, eaten together, lived together, trusted each other with everything
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and in the middle of that meal Jesus says something that stops the room cold
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One of you will betray me. Not a stranger, not an enemy, one of you
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The story centres on a man named Judas Iscariot, one of the twelve disciples
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He had a front row seat to Jesus' miracles and he heard every teaching
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He was trusted enough to even handle the group's money. from the outside he looked like he belonged and yet betrayal was already forming in his heart
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betrayal is very wrong and it really hurts us it the friend who talks about you behind your back or the colleague who steps over you or the partner who breaks a promise Betrayal hurts
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differently because it comes from someone close. It shatters trust. Jesus understands that kind of
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pain. In that room he knew exactly what was coming. He knew who would do it and still he washed
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Judas' feet earlier that evening in an act of love. He knew and still he loved. He shared bread
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with Judas and in that culture sharing bread meant closeness and loyalty. It was an offer
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of extravagant grace from Jesus right up until the end. So that tells us something profound
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Jesus' love is not based on our consistency. He knows our mixed motives and the way we mess up
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and still he invites us to the table
