Sometimes what one hears or even sees is simply not believable, but it is true. From this close-up image alone, for example, it is difficult to imagine that it is from a Clematis vine; a vine that has a dense mat of leaves that is ideal on trellises, fences, and walls. We may doubt this truth until we can see the entire vine.
“Doubting Thomas” initially did not believe that Jesus had risen from the dead when he heard it from other disciples. It’s regrettable that this nickname stuck because who would not have doubted this story? John 20:27-29 (NIV) describes what happened when Thomas did indeed see Jesus: “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’”.
None of us have seen Jesus and if honest, most have doubts. Are we “Doubting Thomas’s” or are we willing to accept the account of those who did see Jesus? Jesus said, “blessed are those who have not seen and yet believed”.
Although this image does not look like a Clematis, it is. And even though we did not physically see Jesus rise from the dead, He did!
I Found Him…in the extreme close-up view of a beautiful flowering vine.