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"My Lord and my God!" Thomas exclaimed. Then Jesus told him, 
"You believe because you have seen me. 
Blessed are those who believe without seeing me."
John 20:28-29NLT
I don't know about you, but there's a bit of Thomas in me. 
If only Jesus was right here, there'd be no room for doubt, all my questions would be answered, I'd get him to heal the people in my circle...having Jesus right here would be important for me. 
It would help me.
I think Thomas's story is here to help us be OK with wanting walking-around-Jesus to be here with us.
And at the same time brings faith front and centre. 
Faith makes it not about me, but about the one I put my faith in. 
Faith lifts our eyes beyond our circumstances, lifts our gaze to God's Big Story. 
Jesus says;
blessed are you who believe. 
Blessed are you who see by faith.
Blessed are you who long to see me face to face yet live in the here and now of this world.
Blessed are you who can hold doubt and mystery and not-having-all-the-answers in the same hand as faith.
Blessed are you who live in the now, and the not yet of the redemptive story.
Blessed are you who I gave myself for, and who I long to see, face to face. 
Blessed are you who's scars and wounds I want to touch.
Blessed are you who's tears I hold. 
#faith
#peacebewithyou

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