a new room off of the main chapel....
I knew what I saw instantly....
and I had to reach out and touch each window."
I was caught off guard--totally. I was touring the new chapel at Virginia Seminary. The former chapel had burned years ago (2010), a relic from the 1860's. Of course, that was MY chapel where I went to seminary--it was ingrained in me.
So of course I took a deep breathe to walk into the new chapel. I came to a room set aside as a devotional chapel for small groups. There in the wall, what should my longing eyes see--but the 3 windows that survived the fire--there they were! And I gasped. Then could not help myself but to walk over and run my hands up and down the windows--a part of me, history still living, proof for me that they had really survived.
Now I know why Peter wanted to reach out and touch Jesus.
Was it really a lack of faith? Perhaps.
Surely it was love.
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