“Judas Iscariot, who also betrayed him” (Matthew 10:4).

As I travel alone, I know I will have plenty opportunities to betray the Lord.

There are magazines to look at, Web sites to browse, TV programs to indulge, and real live people to study.

Not only that, I will have occasions to behave in ways that don’t fit a Christian.

I purpose not defile myself.

“But whosoever shall deny me before men, him will I also deny before my Father which is in heaven” (Matthew 10:33).

I purpose to be faithful to Jesus, to my wife, to my family, and to my church.

I didn’t post til November 14 from the airport in Tucson, Arizona. I’m on my way back to Mexico for my third mission trip there in two months.