1.0The Gathering Placehttps://www.patheos.com/blogs/thegatheringplaceKen Sheltonhttps://www.patheos.com/blogs/thegatheringplace/author/kshelton/The Pain of Betrayal!rich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="5ugLQTo3NR"><a href="https://www.patheos.com/blogs/thegatheringplace/2024/04/the-pain-of-betrayal/">The Pain of Betrayal!</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://www.patheos.com/blogs/thegatheringplace/2024/04/the-pain-of-betrayal/embed/#?secret=5ugLQTo3NR" width="600" height="338" title="“The Pain of Betrayal!” — The Gathering Place" data-secret="5ugLQTo3NR" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script type="text/javascript"> /* <![CDATA[ */ /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(d,l){"use strict";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display="none";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):"link"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute("src")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener("message",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute("data-secret"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:t},"*")},!1)))}(window,document); /* ]]> */ </script> https://wp-media.patheos.com/blogs/sites/1710/2024/04/Betrayal.jpg640480"The pain of betrayal" is just another phrase until it happens to you. When it occurs, you no longer think of the word's meaning, you think about how it feels to be: Double-crossed or Stabbed in the back