"When everyone else said they had seen Jesus after the crucifixion, Thomas wasn't satisfied. He wanted more. He wanted to touch Jesus, hear Jesus, see Jesus, embrace Him. Most theologians have labeled Thomas a doubter. "Doubting Thomas" is the negative spin they have applied to Thomas's questioning. I disagree. Thomas wasn't doubting Jesus, he was longing for Jesus. Curiosity is a hunger of the soul, and because Thomas was strong and courageous and spoke bluntly, he was daring enough to ask though questions. He was not refusing to believe, he was refusing to settle for secondhand faith. Thomas was driven to
know truth--to mingle with it, wrestle with it, become intimate with it. Jesus didn't criticize Thomas. He honored his curiosity. Jesus legitimized Thomas's holy curiosity." - Michael Yaconelli
Friends, if you hear of God's miracle-working power healing people elsewhere in the world, don't accept the absence of those same experiences around you. Your faith should never have only the stories of other people's experiences in the supernatural, but your own testimony that God has indeed equipped His people with every spiritual gift needed to further His Gospel both in word and deed.
Check out the following websites for testimonies of what God is doing (and can do with you):
Grace=Peace,
Jeremy
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