One of the twelve disciples, Thomas (nicknamed the Twin), was not with the others when Jesus came. They told him, "We have seen the Lord!"

But he replied, "I won't believe it unless I see the nail wounds in his hands, put my fingers into them, and place my hand into the wound in his side."

John 20:24-25 NLT

Thomas. Makes you wonder if he was a twin or there was someone who looked just like him.

Thomas. Prepared to voice his thoughts with his crew. 

I bet there was a robust conversation that day with Thomas, describing in detail what the disciples had experienced with Jesus becuase he was very clear about what he wanted to see. 

Nail holes.

Wounds.

Thomas held his ground. He wanted to see what the others had seen.  

He wasn't kicked out, there's no suggestion he was belittled, but was allowed to hold his doubt. 

(I wonder how good I am at that, allowing people to hold their doubts and questions?)

When we have doubts, questions about Jesus, stuff we just don't get or understand, it's OK to ask questions, to voice those things. 

Our church community should be the safest place to do that. 

The other disciples had experienced something that Thomas hadn't and he had questions, and that was OK.

We need one another and the space to grow and find answers and that's OK. 

#easter

#mystery

#sunday

#worship

#bringyourquestions