Now Thomas (also known as Didymus ), one of the Twelve, was not with the disciples when Jesus came. So the other disciples told him, “We have seen the Lord!”
But he said to them, “Unless I see the nail marks in his hands and put my finger where the nails were, and put my hand into his side, I will not believe.”
A week later his disciples were in the house again, and Thomas was with them. Though the doors were locked, Jesus came and stood among them and said, “Peace be with you!” Then he said to Thomas, “Put your finger here; see my hands. Reach out your hand and put it into my side. Stop doubting and believe.”
Thomas said to him, “My Lord and my God!”
Then Jesus told him, “Because you have seen me, you have believed; blessed are those who have not seen and yet have believed.”
My thoughts -
Maybe it's just that we share a name. Maybe it's that we both, though we're men of faith, wrestle with doubt and often demand evidence from God. Maybe it's that I'm a twin and Didymus means the twin. Whatever the reason I've always identified with Thomas.
How thankful am I that Jesus showed Thomas, and this Thomas (though I prefer "Tom"), all that he needed to see to believe and to proclaim, "My Lord and my God!"
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