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Have you ever felt so desperate to be rid of some physical or emotional wound that you tried every possible way to fix it? Hoping to go unnoticed, the woman in this story believed that if she could just touch Jesus’ robes, she could finally be healed from a bleeding condition that had only worsened over years of treatment. The bleeding condition had made her an outcast and labeled her unclean according to the religious laws at the time. In the middle of a large crowd, she decided to try to touch Jesus as Mary and others stood nearby. Watch what happens.
40 Now when Jesus returned, a crowd welcomed him, for they were all expecting him. 41 Then a man named Jairus, a synagogue leader, came and fell at Jesus’ feet, pleading with him to come to his house 42 because his only daughter, a girl of about twelve, was dying.
As Jesus was on his way, the crowds almost crushed him. 43 And a woman was there who had been subject to bleeding for twelve years, but no one could heal her. 44 She came up behind him and touched the edge of his cloak, and immediately her bleeding stopped.
45 “Who touched me?” Jesus asked.
When they all denied it, Peter said, “Master, the people are crowding and pressing against you.”
46 But Jesus said, “Someone touched me; I know that power has gone out from me.”
47 Then the woman, seeing that she could not go unnoticed, came trembling and fell at his feet. In the presence of all the people, she told why she had touched him and how she had been instantly healed. 48 Then he said to her, “Daughter, your faith has healed you. Go in peace.”
In the middle of a large crowd, the woman reached out and touched Jesus’ robe. As she felt the garment, she also felt restoration come over her body. She had been healed! Imagine the relief and gratitude she must have felt. Jesus said, “Daughter, your faith has made you well. Go in peace.” Meditate on His words. He had said this after her confession. In front of the crowds of people who had labeled her as unclean, Jesus called her a daughter and honored her faith. Jesus cares about the hurts and wounds we feel. He longs to meet us in our brokenness and shame.
Consider Jesus.
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