The Bleeding Woman

This morning I have more thoughts on the Ken Gire book, “Intimate Moments with the Savior”...

Today I read about the woman who had been bleeding for twelve years (Mark 5:24-34). Ken does an amazing job of describing how this woman may have felt by the time she heard of Jesus. As Ken describes her I can feel the weight of her burdens, her emotions...and how she is now at the point of desperation. She sees that her only hope is to come to Jesus...He has healed other impossible untouchables before...perhaps she will be healed too.

So she moves through the huge crowd and touches His garment. His healing power rushes through her, changing her life. When Jesus asks who touched Him, she comes falling at His feet, confessing... Ken says that Jesus, "...sees the isolation. He sees the introspection. He sees the insecurity....God only knows how much she's suffered."

Then Ken writes, "For an intimate moment she sees only Jesus. And he sees only her....And with the tender word, 'Daughter', he gives this orphan a new home within the family of God. He gives her healing. And he gives her back her dreams."

One of the things that stands out to me in this story is how she thinks about the stories she has heard about Jesus and how He has healed so many...and she begins to think that if she comes to Him, that she will be cleansed and made whole as well...and so she comes to Jesus...

There's a key for us, I think...We must come to Jesus too...whatever our state, whatever our need, whatever our desires...Everything about us is wrapped up in Him (Acts 17:28)...

For me - I'm not bleeding to death or anything right now. I don't currently have some huge life crisis going on. But right now in my life I do have the usual daily things nipping at my heels, weighing me down, tempting me to worry, etc. For me - I STILL must come to Jesus...because big or small, all of us have things in our lives that press in on us and drag us down and cause us to lose perspective...

One of the dangers is for us to think we only need to come to Jesus in the BIG things. Yet I think the reality is that we need to come to Him in everything - at every moment! That's what I want to do. I want to practice His presence always, and I want to know in my reality - and not just in my head - that He is with me ALWAYS! (Hebrews 13:5)

My prayer for us today is that we will come to Jesus throughout the moments of our day, and that we, like the bleeding woman, will find His power surging through us, giving us life and breath, and everything we need as we reach out to touch Him. He is the great "I AM"! Oh, praise Him with me today!

MR