When he realized this, he went to the house of Mary, the mother of John whose other name was Mark, where many were gathered together and were praying. 13 And when he knocked at the door of the gateway, a servant girl named Rhoda came to answer. 14 Recognizing Peter's voice, in her joy she did not open the gate but ran in and reported that Peter was standing at the gate. 15 They said to her, “You are out of your mind.” But she kept insisting that it was so, and they kept saying, “It is his angel!” 16 But Peter continued knocking, and when they opened, they saw him and were amazed.
I struck me that Rhonda decided to explain away something impossible (that Peter had been freed) with something else impossible (that she had seen a ghost).
Recall that Jesus too was identified as a ghost, both when he walked on water and when he rose from the dead.
Unfortunately, I think this is a natural feature of human irrationality. For some reason we prefer explanations that (although equally absurd) don't give God the glory, blaming say circumstances rather than God's divine plan.
I would like to have a heart that is eager to believe in God's goodness, rather than to explain it away.
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