Forgiveness of Betrayal by Kathleen McAnear Smith
Photo I took in Spain Forgiveness of Betrayal Have you ever sat around a table where you know someone has already betrayed you? Someone was about to sell you out? It wasn't about the money, the thirty pieces of silver that deeply hurt. The betrayal was always about the broken, utterly smashed to pieces trust. have you ever had a meal with someone where trust was that broken? Have you ever just excused yourself from that table, deciding to never come back and share the wine, the bread? You just couldn't do it? Jill Southern Jones (whose story I wrote for Ellel Ministries) listened to my story of betrayal, betrayal in the church. She knew exactly which church it was, and the leaders. She had asked me to co-author a book on "Forgiving When They Just Aren't Sorry," and over a weekend of planning she wanted to hear what happened to me. As I shared the sorrow of losing a friend who believed a lie, a male leadership who knew nothing of how to deal with s...