BELIEVING WITHOUT SEEING

John 20:29
You believe because you have seen me.
Blessed are those who haven't
seen me and believe anyway.



I read this funny story about a clergyman who was giving his parishioners a sermon on the Gospel, and he mentioned how in Matthew 14:21 our Savior fed five thousand people with five loaves of bread and two small fish. Instead of saying five thousand though, he said five hundred. One of the altar boys told him after the service that he had made a mistake because the Gospel says five thousand. The clergyman said to him, “Be quiet – they’re already having a hard time just believing in five hundred.” We can all identify with that at some level, can’t we? Reading a story about a miracle is one thing and living out your life believing in miracles is another thing entirely. A lack of faithful belief is why miracles don’t happen to many people. The bold truth is that miracles really do happen... if you faithfully believe.