In every relationship, there will always sink in the reality of doubt. You give yourself, your time, talent and treasure. Will these ever be reciprocated? Some examples of typical doubt:

• Will my partner really be faithful?
• Will this lawyer win the case for me?
• Will my children be there when I grow old and sick?
• Will my boss really promote me?
• Will my staff be honest to me?

In our journey of faith, there are times that we doubt God. 

• Is He real?
• If is He is real, does he care?
• If He is real, why does he not answer my prayer?
• If He is real, why is there so much evil?
• If He is real, why do bad things happen to good people.

This past July 3rd, we celebrated the Feast of St. Thomas. He too doubted – did Jesus really rise from the dead as he said. 

In our own journey of faith, there are times that doubt sinks in. Three things we can always do:

1. Embrace doubt. Our life experience as a child is different as a teenager. It is also different as a young adult. There is also a difference when we reach midlife. It is also different when we become seniors and advanced in age. In all these it is only but normal to look for God, to search for God. Since it is a new chapter in life, it is only but normal that we doubt.
2. Search is both ways.  As we are searching for God, let us be reminded that he too is searching for us – the shepherd willing to leave the ninety to search for the one that is lost. Even with Thomas, Jesus made it a point to show himself to Thomas with the wounds, at the proper time. 
3. God never changes. Jesus is the same yesterday, today and tomorrow. Hence if God was faithful before, there is no reason he will not be faithful today, there is no reason he will not be faithful in the future. That is why hold on even when times are bleak.

My dear friends, especially in today’s times, living in faith is very important. Yet, doubt will always sink it because evil seems to prevail and there seems to be no light at the end of the tunnel.

Yet, we remember the saying of Herman Hesse: “Faith and Doubt go hand in hand. They are complementary. One who never truly doubts will never truly believe.