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Imagine having to endure a painful and embarrassing illness for twelve long years. Now imagine going to doctors, only to be given treatments that made you feel worse than before. Next, add to that the crushing weight of all those medical bills. Wouldn’t it be tempting just to give up and accept a life of misery? Maybe you should just learn how to deal with the pain—and hope for an early death.
But this isn’t how one woman described in the Gospels reacted. Known to us only as the “hemorrhaging woman,” she did something bold and even scandalous—and she was greatly rewarded for it. She pushed through a crowd of people surrounding an itinerant preacher named Jesus, and reached out to touch his robe. And in an instant, she was cured.
But the woman’s relief and excitement were short-lived. Jesus suddenly turned around and asked who touched him. Of course, many people had been jostling him, but he knew that there was one person who had made contact with the power that was within him.
Now came the moment of truth. Should this woman own up to what she did? Or should she quietly slip away and return home to enjoy her newfound health?
She chose to stay. The same faith…
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This is inspiring. Iook unto God for my healing and the fruit of the womb with faith like this woman.
thanks.