Doubting Thomas

I have always believed the story of thomas is one that was intended to reveal something positive about faith rather than something negative...i think his gift is his doubt...

'what will be left when i've drawn my last breath
besides the folks i've met and the folks who know me
will i discover a soul cleansing love
or just the dirt above and below me

i'm a doubting thomas
i took a promise
but i don't know what's safe
oh me of little faith

sometimes i pray for a slap in the face
then i beg to be spared 'cause i'm a coward
if there's a master of death i'll bet he's holding his breath
as i show the blind and tell the deaf about his power

i'm a doubting thomas
i can't keep my promises
'cause i don't know what's safe
oh me of little faith

can i be used to help others find truth
when i'm scared i'll find proof that it's a lie
can i be lead down a trail dropping bread crumbs
that prove i'm not ready to die

please give me time to decipher the signs
please forgive me for the time i've wasted

i'm a doubting thomas
i'll take your promise
though i know nothing's safe
oh me of little faith'
(nickel creek, from the album 'why should the fire die')

Things hidden...

'Now - here is my secret:
I tell it to you with an openess of heart that I doubt i shall ever achieve again, so I pray that you are in a quiet room as you hear these words. My secret is that I need God - that I am sick and can no longer make it alone. I need god to help me give, because I no longer seem capable of giving; to help me be kind, as I no longer seem capable of kindness; to help me love, as I seem beyond being able to love.'
Douglas Coupland, Life After God

Beauty

The Uluguru Mountains, Tanzania

Would we?

Just heard something remarkable on the Jonathan Ross Show. Don't know who it was that said it, but the statement he made was that if Christ came back again today what would we do? He said that we would kill him again (something I and many others have said often), but it was what the gentlemen said next that stopped me in my tracks. He said the only difference now would be that we would sell advertising space this time round...tragically, having pondered this for a while, I think he may be right.

Stupidity

Every 3 seconds a child dies of stupid extreme poverty