When Thomas Heard from Jesus

When Tho­mas heard from Je­sus

Now come and fol­low me

He sure­ly went with glad­ness

For there was much to see.

He wit­nessed Je­sus’ teach­ing

And saw his heal­ing touch;

He found a faith to guide him

A friend he loved so much.

When Je­sus spoke of heav­en

Bold Tho­mas dared to say

We don’t know where you’re go­ing!

How can we know the way?

He want­ed un­der­stand­ing

Of what he could not see.

Then Je­sus re­as­sured him

The way is here—through me.

When crowds began to mur­mur

And lead­ers raised their cry

Brave Tho­mas spoke out firm­ly

Let’s go with him and die.

He ate at Je­sus’ ta­ble

Partaking wine and bread;

Yet lat­er with the oth­ers

He saw the cross and fled.

What joy on East­er ev­en­ing

When ma­ny saw the Lord!

Yet Tho­mas was not with them

And would not trust their word.

When Christ ap­peared be­fore him

His doubts were quick­ly gone;

He glad­ly knew that ev­en­ing

The joy of East­er dawn.

That man of faith saw Je­sus

At break­fast by the sea;

At Pen­te­cost he wit­nessed

So oth­ers would be­lieve.

O Lord

may we—like Tho­mas—

Keep grow­ing day by day;

Increase our faith and guide us

For Lord

you are the Way.