43 A Father’s Plea and a Woman’s Faith

Luke 8:40-56; Matthew 9:18-26; Mark 5:21-43, TBC Book Two, Chapter 43
When Jesus and his disciples returned to the west side of the lake, a very large crowd of people gathered to welcome him. A man named Jairus, who was a leader in the local synagogue, stood among the crowd, waiting anxiously for his arrival. As Jesus stepped out of the boat, Jairus pushed his way through the crowd. When he reached Jesus, he fell at his feet. “Please, rabbi,” the man begged, “my only daughter is terribly ill. I’m afraid she’s dying.”

“Take me to your daughter,” Jesus said. The crowd was so large that it almost crushed them. One of the women in the crowd had come for healing, but now she was afraid she might lose her chance. For twelve years she had suffered with bleeding that would not stop. She had spent all her money seeing one doctor after another. Instead of helping, they only made it worse. She pressed closer toward Jesus. If I could just touch his clothes, . . . she thought. So she reached out and touched his robe.

Immediately the woman stopped bleeding. She knew she was healed. At that moment, Jesus stopped and said, “Who touched my clothes? . . .”

(See THE BIBLE CLICKS, Book Two, Chapter 43, for the rest of the story.)

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Today’s Takeaways
     A proverb to guide you: Faith reaches out with open arms and grasps its reward.
     A promise to cling to: “ ‘I am the Lord, the God of all mankind. Is anything too hard for me?’ ” Jeremiah 32:27 NIV
     A praise to fill you: When You Believe  Whitney Houston and Mariah Carey     [Can skip ad after first 5 seconds]

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