Belief and faith in difficult times can be hard, but if we can lift our eyes just a little, when can see the presence of God come to us.
READING
John 20:19-31
When it was evening on that day, the first day of the week, and the doors of the house where the disciples had met were locked for fear of the Jews, Jesus came and stood among them and said, “Peace be with you.” After he said this, he showed them his hands and his side. Then the disciples rejoiced when they saw the Lord. Jesus said to them again, “Peace be with you. As the Father has sent me, so I send you.” When he had said this, he breathed on them and said to them, “Receive the Holy Spirit. If you forgive the sins of any, they are forgiven them; if you retain the sins of any, they are retained.”
But Thomas (who was called the Twin), one of the twelve, was not with them when Jesus came. So the other disciples told him, “We have seen the Lord.” But he said to
MUSIC
Spring from Vivaldi’s Four Seasons, Free Tim
Jesus Calls Us O’er the Tumult, St George Winyah Episcopal Church
The King of Love My Shepherd Is, IKOS
Notes
Jon’s Book: Beginner’s Guide to Following Jesus