The greatest paradox of all
Is that truth is what you believe.
I believe that,
Therefore it is true.
You may believe in your own capacity
to judge truth objectively.
In which case you will say
That what I say is false.
But is it impossible
we both be right?
Our minds are not designed
to see things just one way,
or for all of us
to see the same things.
Jesus really did
walk upon the water,
– if you believe he did.
But if you don’t believe
he walked upon the water,
– then he didn’t.
And there is a parable
to explain exactly that point.
For Peter sees Jesus
Walking on the water
and he believes
then he disbelieves
then he nearly drowns
then he believes again.
What Peter believes becomes real
but what he cannot believe
causes him to splutter and gasp
as he sinks.
Peter puts his faith in Jesus
and believes
and the world conforms
to Peter’s belief.
Just as Jesus always
promises it will.