Doubt

Thomas is a hero of mine. He doubted and he is still a saint - just like Peter - one of my other heroes - his weakness is written there in the pages of the Gospel for everyone to see and still he gets the halo and the fancy title.

Not that I am after either of those things - just to do - as Jesus says in John 5 - the will of Him who sent me - the will of the God who made me. That is hard in the face of doubt and doubt is often forced into a furious heat by the fan of human failing. After all if we are the image of God, then God can be pretty ugly.

But God is beyond the sum of all human goodness, God pools love greater than all human care - this is the Good News, this is the Gospel of Jesus Christ. That life comes from the source of all life and glory from the home of infinite light. Thomas wanted that path so desperately that he questioned - he needed to own the truth for himself - to have it in his heart and soul. Blessed are they who have not seen and yet believe - that my friends is you and I.