Oh hapless Judas! - preordained by God
For treason so that profit may accrue,
Oh pitiful and dreadful human lot,
So that salvation came to me and you

Struck blind by high ambition, - it is true,
And disappointed by the Master so,-
This happens to all those that do pursue
A goal with muddled minds, and then sink low.

He did betray the Master, yes, - betray,
But fathomed not the consequence if it,
We do betray the Lord on any day
And comfortably in a church pew sit.

Lo! Judas did repent and took the rope
In shame and boundless sorrow of his deed,
Had lost faith in forgiveness, trust and hope,-
We hope in spite of ugly deeds and greed.

He gripped the goat-gut rope despairingly,
While turncoat Christians feel so safe in Him,
And without qualms trust in the clemency
Of Christ the Savior that He will redeem.

A Christian is revealed by the degree
That he trusts God- that boundless mercy may
In infinite compassion find a way
To pardon those who thoughtlessly betray.

Judas despairingly did grip the rope,
But Christians putting all their trust in HIM
Must understand - for Judas too is hope
And on His day the Savior will redeem

Without poor Judas no salvation, he
Did merely execute divine a plan,
God's plan it was, - and not fortuity!-
Absolve the dull, distraught, disgruntled man!.

Blessed by the sculptor artist who did see,
And his work,- amazingly portray
A Judas set from raven tunnels free
To find in Jesus’ arms his lasting stay

© Elizabeth Dandy