A large crowd followed and pressed around him. And a woman was there who had been subject to bleeding for twelve years. She had suffered a great deal under the care of many doctors and had spent all she had, yet instead of getting better she grew worse. When she heard about Jesus, she came up behind him in the crowd and touched his cloak, because she thought, "If I just touch his clothes, I will be healed." Immediately her bleeding stopped and she felt in her body that she was freed from her suffering.
At once Jesus realized that power had gone out from him. He turned around in the crowd and asked, "Who touched my clothes?"
"You see the people crowding against you," his disciples answered, "and yet you can ask, 'Who touched me?' "
But Jesus kept looking around to see who had done it. Then the woman, knowing what had happened to her, came and fell at his feet and, trembling with fear, told him the whole truth. He said to her, "Daughter, your faith has healed you. Go in peace and be freed from your suffering." Mark 5:25-35 (NIV)I love this story of faith in action. This woman had great faith but she did not want to call attention to herself and she did not want to bother the Teacher. She had confidence in His ability to heal her; she only needed to reach out and touch the hem of His garment. She knew according to the custom of her people she was considered unclean; she felt unworthy; she was desperate; but she had faith in the healing power of Jesus Christ. She did not sit around and ring her hands in despair; she took action based on her faith. And the response of Jesus? “Daughter, your faith has made you well. Go in peace.”
Praise God! God bless you!
