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Maybe what matters to God is not the absence of doubt but our choice to believe in spite of it. It’s no small feat to move forward hand-in-hand with doubt. You look for the next glimmer of light, the next sign that hope is not in vain.
In Lauren Winner’s Still: Notes on a Mid-Faith Crisis, she writes: “And yet in those same moments of strained belief, of not knowing where or if God is, it has also seemed that the Christian story keeps explaining who and where I am, better than any other story I know.”
God is not threatened by Thomas’ doubts, or Lauren’s, or mine. Jesus was not intimidated by Thomas’ unbelief but spoke directly to it. What might have happened if Thomas had not honestly voiced his doubts? What an opportunity would have been lost! This Easter season, give yourself permission to dance with doubt.
This message is excerpted from “Clouded with doubt” by Cara Strickland in the April 2019 Gather magazine. Today is the Second Sunday of Easter.