Is completely understandable when people before you saw signs. Often we read stories in the Bible of people asking for signs—like Thomas, or the crowd who just arrived from Tiberias—and take their requests for signs as a lack of faith. Or, perhaps worse, we take Jesus’ responses to them as dismissive or disappointed. Really, they’re just asking for the same amazing experience that everyone else had. They just feel left out.
So don’t feel bad asking for signs. You might not get exactly what you’re looking for, of course. But you will get something. Heck, you might even get more than you ask for.
There’s nothing unfaithful or unspiritual about seeking what others have found. Or wanting to see what others have seen. Or longing to hear what others have heard. Or being hungry to taste what others have tasted.
In fact that kind of response to others’ experiences is the essence of faith. Those stories are what keep us coming back for more with our hope alive.
