Crumbling walls, broken springs

After Jesus had risen from the dead, He appeared to His disciples.  They were horrified because they thought that they were seeing a ghost.  Jesus responded by asking them why they were troubled.  In my opinion, the disciples had every right to be freaked out.  In fact, it is only natural that we doubt and question. I’m almost positive I would have acted the same way the disciples did.  Scripture says that we are to love God with all of our hearts, souls, and minds.  I imagine that part of loving God with one’s entire mind involves doubt.  I’m not convinced that blind faith is really faith at all. 

I read somewhere that there are two kinds of faith.   The comparison was made in answer to the question, “What if Jesus’ bones were discovered by archeologists and it was proven that they were really Jesus’ bones? Would you still have faith?”  The first kind of faith is like a brick wall, and if one brick (especially the brick at the base of the wall) crumbles, the wall will fall.  The other kind of faith is like a trampoline.  If Jesus’ bones were found, one of the springs would break on the trampoline, but people would still be able to bounce on it. 

So I’m thinking that genuine faith leads to questions and doubts.  Genuine faith, a constant searching for answers, will bring more questions and more doubts.  What is important is that our faith does not rely on just one principle, but rather many things that we believe to be true about God.  When ‘questions arise in our hearts’ and we become troubled, our faith won’t crumble.  At most, we may have a few broken springs.