St. Savior's Church and the painting of Thomas

When we were at the St. Redeemer Church in the old City, I (Lee wrote this post) was able to spend a few minutes playing their organ.  Afterwards, as we walked through the nave, I saw this painting of Thomas feeling the wounds in the body of Christ.  I was reminded of a lesson Michael Wilcox once taught about how we always remember this story about Thomas-- the doubter, but that we never remember the only other story in the gospels about him, when he declared that in the face of great danger, he would go with Jesus to Jerusalem, and would die with him.  Brother Wilcox commented that we we form opinions about people, we often tend to remember the worst thing about them, but how much would we rather that when people remember us, they remember us for the best thing we ever did, not the worst.  It reminded me that I should be more generous in making assessments of other people, remembering them for their good qualities, not their bad ones.   But then, as I turned, I felt the spirit speak to me, as He often does, with a mild rebuke.  I felt the words: "You would do better to be willing to believe without having to see proof yourself."  I had not thought of myself as one who was cynical about spiritual things or required physical proof before believing.  But there it was. The Spirit seemed to nudge me that I was too skeptical, too willing to disbelieve things I hadn't actually witnessed myself.  I concluded that this was something I would work on.