Just sharing a perspective that's changed my thinking a time or two…Practicing forgiveness should always be the ultimate goal, and it is often the most difficult to achieve if we are honest about what is in our hearts. And sometimes, we screw it up even further, by attempting to forgive people for the wrong things.It's worth noting is that Matthew only refers to Judas as a betrayer, not the disciples, although they "deserted him and fled." Since nothing in Scripture is coincidental, it must be an important distinction. I humbly submit that the distinction could lie in the intentionality of the act.How often do we humans feel betrayed because we don't (or won't) look at the intentions behind others' actions. Do we erroneously interpret another's fear, inaction, ignorance, spiritual immaturity (or stumble) as betrayal? Would we still feel betrayed by the person if we used Jesus' measuring stick (intentionality) – or were we just deserted by those upon whom we thought we could depend? That, of course, then raises the obvious questions, "Upon whom should we be depending?" – and did we set the other person up to 'fail' us by placing our unrealistic human expectations upon their human-not-God shoulders?