October 17 2018
I’m reading through the gospels and as I was reading this story in Luke and the Lord told me I needed to write down this woman’s story of how it happened. I don’t really know why but now I’m sharing it with you guys!
The story is Luke 8:42-48. It’s about a woman who has been bleeding for 12 years and she comes to find healing in Jesus.
there were crowds pressed and gathered around Him. there were too many people to let me pass but I just needed one touch from the man I’ve heard about. i’ve spent everything for 12 years — money, time, and energy. no person or medicine has healed me. no one could stop my suffering. I was so close to Him. Jesus, the one who ive heard that can heal. All needed was a single touch to see if he would be the one to stop my disease. Just one touch because I am not worthy of anything more. He’s right in front of me. I see his garment dragging on the ground fraying at the bottom. This is my opportunity. I push past the crowd and fall down, my fingers barely touching his garment. As I did I felt a power run down my body and my suffering vanished. The bleeding I’ve had for most of my life came to an end. The moment I’ve dreamed about had come. I was finally free. But as this happened Jesus stopped. He turned around and asked who touched him. I couldn’t tell him it was me — im not worthy of being noticed. One of Jesus’ disciples started to speak. He tried to dismiss that anything happened. He told Jesus it was just the crowds around Him but Jesus asked again. He told the crowd around me that he felt the power come out of him. I took this power. This was the power that healed me. The crowd around me shook their heads in confusion, of course they had no idea what was going on. I knew I was no longer hidden in my pain. I was exposed. I was terrified. Trembling and overwhelmed, I knew that Jesus knew. I fell down before him once more and declared in front of everyone there what just happened. I told them how much pain and suffering I’ve been through for 12 years. I tried everything to find healing but found nothing and then I heard about you Jesus. They told me how you healed a man full of demons last week and how you forgave a sinful woman. So all I wanted was a touch from you Jesus. Just one touch and maybe I would be healed. And as I touched your garment I was free of pain. As I exclaimed all this what Jesus did next I will never forget. He looked at me, eyes full of love and life. He called me daughter. He told me that my faith has made me well and to go in peace. I haven’t had peace in 12 years and he just gave it to me. My life was different from that day on. I don’t invest my life in pointless healers or things of the world because he has healed me. He gave me freedom and a new life.
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