What do we do when the story we scripted for our lives falls apart? What do we do when it becomes clear things won’t work out the way we dreamed them up? The common refrain in our world is to “have faith”. But the question is: in what? For Christians, the answer seems obvious - have faith in God. But what do you do when your life situation is so difficult or the event you went through was so catastrophic that it’s caused you to doubt God. This is where Thomas, the disciple of Jesus, was after Jesus’ death. The death of Jesus was the most heartbreaking, disastrous ending to the story of the last three years for Thomas. He no longer could have faith in Jesus if Jesus was dead. But soon afterwards, Thomas’ friends begin telling him that Jesus had risen from the dead, and that life with God was possible again. But Thomas couldn’t believe. He doubted. It took a personal encounter with Jesus to convince Him. What we can learn from this is that our doubts are not a barrier for our relationship with God. In fact, they can become the place where Jesus will show up in our lives. If we choose to interact with Him in the midst of our pain, our doubts, and our questions.