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Several years ago the steeple on our church was taken down to be rebuilt. The day after its removal one of the men of the parish came into my office with a twinkle in his eye. He asked, "Ed, how long do you think the weathervane is from tip to tip?"
"Oh, about three to four feet at the most," I answered. He led me outside and there on the ground was this monstrous arrow nine feet long. I was stunned at my miscalculation. You see, way up there in the air that weathervane was removed from my experience. I saw it in perspective with the steeple, but not in perspective with myself. I had no eye for proper measurement.
In somewhat the same way Thomas had no eye for the risen Christ, no sense of his proportion when he was apart from him. He measured Jesus against failure and death and saw nothing. But when the risen Christ stood next to him he was stunned into belief. His challenge of touching the wounds was forgotten. All he could say was, "My Lord and my God!"
Ultimately faith is not a matter of optics, but of adoration. Moving through doubt and uncertainty, Thomas eventually became a great missionary in India. There he led many to say in faith what he had earlier said face to face with his Savior, "My Lord and my God!"
- Lincoln
Several years ago the steeple on our church was taken down to be rebuilt. The day after its removal one of the men of the parish came into my office with a twinkle in his eye. He asked, "Ed, how long do you think the weathervane is from tip to tip?"
"Oh, about three to four feet at the most," I answered. He led me outside and there on the ground was this monstrous arrow nine feet long. I was stunned at my miscalculation. You see, way up there in the air that weathervane was removed from my experience. I saw it in perspective with the steeple, but not in perspective with myself. I had no eye for proper measurement.
In somewhat the same way Thomas had no eye for the risen Christ, no sense of his proportion when he was apart from him. He measured Jesus against failure and death and saw nothing. But when the risen Christ stood next to him he was stunned into belief. His challenge of touching the wounds was forgotten. All he could say was, "My Lord and my God!"
Ultimately faith is not a matter of optics, but of adoration. Moving through doubt and uncertainty, Thomas eventually became a great missionary in India. There he led many to say in faith what he had earlier said face to face with his Savior, "My Lord and my God!"
- Lincoln
