“Lord, we don’t know where you are going, so how can we know the way?” (John 14:5).
To me, this sounds like a prayer. What about you? And following, in John 14:6, we are shown that when our hearts cry out in prayer, Jesus is actually present and making a way. I feel affection for Thomas because we see him again in John 20:24-29 wrestling with his human tendency to doubt. And we witness the joy that consumes him when he realizes Jesus is God.
“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 her