Not Needing to See to Believe
" The wind blows where it wills, and you can hear the sound it makes, but you do not know where it comes from or where it goes; so it is with everyone who is born of the Spirit " (Jn. 3:8). From the commentaries, the ancient Christian writers point to this verse as the freedom of the Son and the Holy Spirit, and that the will of the Spirit is one with the Father. I'd like to look at this from a slightly different perspective which St. John Chrysostom alludes in his homily. Just because you do not and cannot see the wind it does not mean it does not exist. Furthermore, it does not mean that you do not know or do not believe that it exists. As Chrysostom said, "If then you do not complain when you cannot see this body (the wind) and you still believe, why, when you hear of 'the Spirit,' do you hesitate and demand such exact accounts?" We should not need to "see" God to know that He exists. Like the events that happened in history - some of...