AN EXAMPLE FOR ALL=SEEING IS BELIEVING

 

 

 

AN EXAMPLE=FOR ALL OF US

(Seeing is BELIEVING IT)                                                                                                                                     

 

 

Saint Thomas=TAKES a bad rap=about his FAITH=

But which ONE of us=would have BELIEVED=that

2,000 years ago=Jesus ROSE from the dead=Thomas

 

Is NOT mentioned much=IN THE BIBLE=other than

This story=and BEING PART of the original 12=but HE

Is=AN EXAMPLE for us all=when we HAVE CRISES

In faith=”Blessed are those=who have not seen=and

HAVE BELIEVED”                                                                                                                       John 20:29

 

How MANY PEOPLE=want proof=in today’s world=that

OUR GOD LIVES=that our Jesus LIVES=I would venture=

To say a lot of us=THE AGNOSTICS=the atheists=and those

Of us=WITH OUR DOUBTS=with luke warm FAITH=so let us

RECOGNIZE=Saint Thomas=as=AN EXAMPLE=for us ALL

 

The other apostles=Told Thomas=that we have seen the Lord=

But Thomas was NOT THERE=let us LOOK at Thomas’s reaction=

Which ON OF US=would not have reacted the same way?

 

“He said to them’=’UNLESS I see the nail marks=and put my

Finger=WHERE=the nails were=and put my hand into his side=

I WILL NOT BELIEVE’”                                                                                                             John 20:25

 

A week Later=Jesus RETURNED to the apostles=this time

THOMAS=was with them=”Jesus said to Thomas’=’Put your

FINGER HERE=See my hands=Reach out your hand=and put it=

INTO MY SIDE=Stop doubting and believe’”                                                                        John 20:27

 

Thomas’ response to Jesus=”My Lord and MY GOD”                                                 John 20:28

 

Probably=EXACTLY=what my response=would have been=MAYBE

YOURS TOO=Thomas=AN EXAMPLE=for us all=Seeing is believing=

But the lesson is to BELIEVE=TO HAVE FAITH=and it is a life long

Process=so many of us=WANT PROOF=that OUR Holy Father God

And Jesus=are ALIVE in today’s world=Stop doubting and believe=

The LESSON=is to have FAITH!

 

“Believe me when I say=that I am in the Father=and the Father

Is in me=or at least believe=ON THE EVIDENCE=of the

Works themselves”                                                                                                                       John 14:11

 

“This righteousness=is given THROUGH FAITH=in Jesus Christ=

To all who believe”                                                                                                                     Romans 3:22

 

THOMAS=was a great apostle=who takes a BAD RAP=for

A DOUBT=that almost any of us=would have had=but HE IS

OUR EXAMPLE=of what a LITTLE FAITH can do

 

TRADITION believes=that Thomas EVANGELIZED in India

After the Resurrection=and he was killed by a spear

 

As surely=as the Holy Father God=and Jesus=GAVE me the

MIRACLE of life from my death bed=when I was 22and as surely=

As all of us LIVE=Thomas is=THE EXAMPLE=for us all

Stop doubting and BELIEVE!

 

In Jesus’ name=and in the name=of OUR FOREVER LIVING=forever loving

MIRACLE WORKING=Holy Father God!

 

Robert P. Wallman

7-03-2024