What a bummer....

Now Thomas, one of the Twelve, was not with the disciples when Jesus came. [....] Unless I see....I will not believe it. John 20:24-25

There is always one who misses it; In this case, big time. Jesus, on the Sunday evening of his resurrection, decides to visit the disciples. Guess who wasn't there? --Thomas, a.k.a. "doubting Thomas." Poor guy....wonder what he was doing? In any case, he simply wasn't going to take the disciple's word....he was probably pegged as a gullible easy target by the other guys (disciples) and wasn't about to fall for this one. Actually, I do not know if he was gullible or not....that's not in the Bible; I just made that up. But, for whatever reason, Thomas had the type of personality that simply had to "see" to "believe." I don't really blame him. I would probably find it hard to believe also; that is, without actually seeing Jesus. A little later in the passage (vv.26-29) we find Thomas confronted with the resurrected Lord....and Thomas says, "My Lord and My God!" What would it take for you to be able to say "My Lord and My God!"? Maybe you have already said it, great.... but, if you haven't said it yet, what would it take? Seriously.