Where There Is Faith

Fellow Labourers-

I write to you today after a very memorable event which in my mind is a journey of faith. As I consider the response of the Father [to Thomas' statement] "Lord I believe, help thou my unbelief", this paradox seems to beg the questions:

• Does doubt gives rise to faith?
• Does faith eliminates doubt?
• Can they exist together?

I don't believe these are philosophical questions, but questions arising from my humanness. There is a part of me that wants to believe wholeheartedly, and another part asking what if?

You see some of us believe to see, whilst others see to believe. Thomas saw and then believed, and exclaimed "My Lord and my God!" For him there was no more room for doubt, because he came face to face with the risen Lord. We have talked about him a lot, but have we through faith met the risen Lord?

Pax Vobiscum

Robert Stewart