Observation for 4/13/14

Observations: The 12th Man At The Table

Jesus sits a table, knowing that he is mere hours from his death, and performs what I think of as his greatest miracle.  

Sure other miracles were amazing.  No one ever forgets the feeding of the hungry throngs, or the walking on water, or the calming of the storm, but for me the greatest miracle happens there at that table.  You may think I mean that he forever changed mere bread and wine into his body and his blood, and that certainly is an astounding and lasting gift.  But I actually mean something else.

For me the most amazing thing about that night is the 12th man at the table: Judas.  Think about it, Jesus offers his body and blood, with all that implies to the man he knows will kill him.  

For me the most miraculous thing Jesus ever did was show that God even loves the worst of all humanity: the man who betrayed to death the son of God.