Some of us have taken the message of Christianity and put it in a box marked: \u2018Don\u2019t ask\u2014don\u2019t tell.\u2019 Ever feel like you need permission to weep when you lose a loved one? Or feel intimidated about admitting, \u2018I really don\u2019t know for sure\u2019? <\/p>\n
The story of doubting Thomas teaches us that not only is it ok to doubt\u2014sometimes it\u2019s necessary! If you don\u2019t, you won\u2019t grow. You\u2019ll wind up with somebody else\u2019s answers, and in many cases they will be inadequate for your questions\u2014even if you\u2019re honest enough to ask them. <\/p>\n
Question: has some well-meaning religious person pushed you into a corner and tried to make you believe that your questions are an offence to Christ? If so, it\u2019s time to listen anew to the tender words of the One who knows your doubts and fears better than you do: \u2018Peace be with you. Look at My hands and feet. Look with eyes of faith and believe. You are blessed when you believe in spite of your doubts.\u2019 <\/p>\n
It\u2019s ok to pray, \u2018Lord, like Thomas, I still struggle with some doubts. I haven\u2019t put my life all together yet. Not until I\u2019m with You will that happen. Thank You for accepting me in my struggles, and not ignoring my questions. Thomas finally reached the place where he could say, \u201cMy Lord and my God.\u201d<\/i> Thank You for being patient with me as I strive to reach that place as well.\u2019 <\/p>\n
So, how do we get through our doubts? Like Thomas! By facing them honestly, bringing them to Jesus, and growing spiritually as a result of them.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Some of us have taken the message of Christianity and put it in a box marked: \u2018Don\u2019t ask\u2014don\u2019t tell.\u2019 Ever feel like you need permission to weep when you lose a loved one? Or feel intimidated about admitting, \u2018I really don\u2019t know for sure\u2019? The story of doubting Thomas teaches us that not only is […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_et_pb_use_builder":"off","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ucbmedia.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1580"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ucbmedia.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ucbmedia.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ucbmedia.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ucbmedia.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1580"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ucbmedia.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1580\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ucbmedia.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1580"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ucbmedia.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1580"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ucbmedia.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1580"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}