Inside The Book
Chapter Two
Thirty Pieces of Silver
Mark 14:43–44
Where is
that boy?
Zemirah thought as she began to clean his room. “This
one,” she said, as she waved her hand, palm upward, across the room
that was in disarray. “It seems that no matter what I tell him, he
is going to go his own way.”
Standing up, after pulling a small box from
under his bed, she rolled her eyes toward the ceiling as she spoke,
“God, what am I to do? This boy never tells me what he is doing,
where he is going.” Sitting down on the edge of the bed she
continued, “He is a mystery to me. When I try to talk to him, to
find out what he is up to, he just looks away.
Secrets, I am tired of his secrets.”
Someday,
I will find out what you are up to, she thought as she opened
the lid of the box. Her heart was troubled as she stared into the
box at the three silver coins.
“Where did he get this money?” she whispered in disbelief.
“It is impossible for him to have this.”
Just then, she heard the front door closing and
his footsteps coming toward his room. When the door opened, he
looked at his mother who was sitting on his bed with a look of
bewilderment in her eyes. Then, he saw what she was holding in her
hands, and his heart began to pound, knowing what was coming next.
I can’t
tell her. She must never know, he declared in his mind.
“Judas, we need to talk,” his mother said
softly as he came over and kissed her on the cheek.
Remember me
Inside The Book
I invite you to
experience the life changing events of the cross through the lives
of those who were their.
The people surrounding the events from the upper room to the
cross come to life, through inspirational fiction, with clear
challenges for each one who comes to the communion table.
Seeing these very human responses causes our hearts to focus
on Jesus the author and finisher of our faith who said.
