On the eleventh day of Christmas, my true love gave to me:
Eleven pipers piping
Ten lords a-leaping
Nine ladies dancing
Eight maids a-milking
Seven swans a-swimming
Seven swans a-swimming
Six geese a-laying
Five gold(en) rings
Four calling birds
Three French hens
Two turtle doves
And a partridge in a pear tree!
One of the saddest stories in the Bible (in all of history) is the betrayal of Judas Iscariot; he's living proof that you can still turn away from God even when God's right there beside you. He was not only Jesus's disciple, but His friend as well, and so it was the ultimate stabbing in the back. Upon selling Jesus out for thirty pieces of silver (which, in those days, was no pocket change), Elder Jeffrey R. Holland has said, "Never in the history of this world has so little money purchased so much infamy."
At the very least, Judas's regret for what he had done appeared genuine, and only God can judge him at this point.
The remaining eleven Apostles not only remained faithful, but went on to become far greater men than they were before. They're all living proof that ordinary men (and women) can become truly extraordinary in God's hands.
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