“Peace Be With You!”
On
the evening of that first day of the week, when the disciples were together,
with the doors locked for fear of the Jewish leaders, Jesus came and stood
among them and said, “Peace be with you!” After he said this, he showed them
his hands and side. The disciples were overjoyed when they saw the Lord.
Again Jesus said,
“Peace be with you! As the Father has sent me, I am
sending you.” And with that he breathed on them and said, “Receive the Holy
Spirit. If you forgive anyone’s sins, their sins are forgiven; if you do not
forgive them, they are not forgiven.”
Now
Thomas (also known as Didymus), one of the Twelve,
was not with the disciples when Jesus came. So the other disciples told him,
“We have seen the Lord!”
But he said to them,
“Unless I see the nail marks in his hands and put my finger where the nails
were, and put my hand into his side, I will not believe.”
A week later his
disciples were in the house again, and Thomas was with
them. Though the doors were locked, Jesus came and stood among them and said,
“Peace be with you!” Then he said to
Thomas, “Put your finger here; see my hands. Reach out your hand and put it
into my side. Stop doubting and believe.”
Thomas said to him,
“My Lord and my God!”
Then Jesus told him,
“Because you have seen me, you have believed; blessed are those who have not
seen and yet have believed.”
John 20:19-29
Jesus is in every
room we will ever go into. Maybe the room you are in right now is not where you
want to be. But remember this, wherever you are, Jesus is there with you as
well. The room you are in may reflect everything that is right with you, or not
right with you.
Wherever you are,
Jesus can provide the hope and power to chase away any gloom.
Our
loving God is always near – He is forever by our side.
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