This Sunday’s Gospel was the famous story of “Doubting Thomas.” As I listened to the story of Thomas’ famous statement of wanting to probe Jesus’ nail marks himself, it brought to mind another story I had read earlier in the week.

Last Saturday the story in my Living Faith Daily Devotional (which I highly recommend if you’re not already a current subscriber) pointed something out to me that I never really had thought of before. In a piece written by Sr. Joyce Rupp, she specifically spoke about the women coming to the tomb on Easter morning. We’ve all heard the Easter story numerous times. Sr. Rupp pointed out an important part of the story that had never occurred to me before.

The women’s love for Jesus was so strong and they were so intent on performing the tender gesture of anointing his body that they did not think about how they would gain access to the tomb. The question had barely occurred to them before they looked up and noticed the stone rolled away. It’s such a small part of the Easter story that I’ve always glossed over it, but when I actually stop and think about it – wow.

Some may say that they were so overcome with grief that they didn’t even realize the problem they would face. I guess that may be true, but I would like to think about it the way Sr. Rupp does. She writes that the women had confidence in the Lord to remove any obstacles in their way. My favorite quote from her is, “We need only go with all our love to meet the risen Lord, assured that the way will be opened for us to do so.”

Today I chose to focus on my confidence in the Lord instead of my doubts. We can make our faith story whatever we want it to be.

Wishing you a week full of confidence and free of doubts – and see you back here next Sunday.