“Courage, daughter. You took a risk of faith, and now you’re well.”
Matthew 9:20–22 MSG
There once was a woman who’d been hemorrhaging for twelve years. She sought help from a myriad of physicians and spent all that she had, but her issue of blood was worse than ever before. Then one day she heard a healer named Jesus was coming to town.
Although she was considered the lowest of the low, someone who shouldn’t even be out in public, she decided to make her way through the crowd and reach out to this Man. Risking all she had left, she came up behind Him and touched his garment, for she kept saying to herself, “If I can just touch his robe, I will be healed” (Mark 5:28 NLT). Instantly her bleeding stopped. But the story doesn’t end there. Jesus immediately felt power flowing out of Him and demanded, “Who touched me?” (Mark 5:31 NLT). Shaking with fear, the woman then confessed it had been her. Jesus responded with tenderness and encouragement, “Daughter, your faith has made you well. Go in peace. Your suffering is over” (Mark 5:34 NLT).
What issue have you needed Jesus’ help with? Has there been a desperately bold exchange between your soul and Jesus that you have kept secret? What story can you share with others to remind them of His power and tenderness, to give them a touch of faith?
Give me the courage, Jesus, to not just come to You with all my issues but to share my story with others, to touch them with my faith in You and Your faithfulness to me. Amen.
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Today’s reading was adapted from Daily Wisdom for Women: 2017 Devotional Collection with permission from Barbour Publishing, Inc. All rights reserved. Reading was written by Donna K. Maltese.