ORDINARY PEOPLE MEETING AN AWESOME GOD - Why is Thomas so important in the development of our own faith in Jesus? Because while nothing worthwhile of spiritual substance will flourish in our hearts apart from faith in our Lord, faith is never to be confused with mere wishful thinking or gullibility. Faith, to be sure, presses into truth that can never be measured in the glass vials in a laboratory. But the Resurrected body of Christ isn’t a fairy tale like Snow White. Faith rests down on historic reality, not emotional states or magical wishes.