The woman mentioned in today's suggested Bible reading of Mark 5:21-34 could have blended in with the crowd milling about Jesus like so much fine winter wheat in a weathered vat of smooth, shifting granules.
But while men, children and other women all jostled about Jesus and bumped shoulders with each other, stepped on the heels of each others' sandals, brushed roughly about the hem of their equally attention-vying fellow spectator, THIS woman -- the one with the 12-year long hemorrhage --
THIS woman approached Jesus.
And she did it with purpose.
The disciples were right on when they said to Jesus, "Dozens have touched you!"
And how sad to be one of those dozens of dozens who had actually touched Jesus but hadn't received anything. They were tossing about in the sea of people waving and weaving around Him, intent on reaching a destination, completing a goal or desire.
And their touch of Jesus was probably accidental and only given a postscript notice on their mental check-list of the day's happenings.
THIS woman's touch of Jesus grasped hold with purpose and premeditation.
This woman rode the wave of her faith-filled purpose until she saw it completed and fulfilled.
Lord, help me not to float through life with my only contact with You being accidental because the circumstances of life jostled me against You and on down the road of life. My purpose stretches out between You and me like a sometimes-mossy-smooth and sometimes-overgrown garden path that I want to walk on with purpose until I reach Your side.
"Jesus said to her, 'Daughter, you took a risk of faith... Live well, live blessed!..." (Mark 5:34)
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Heather, you were right on. This woman approached God with a PURPOSE and with FAITH. You also stated well that we don't want to go through life not connecting with the Lord every day or having God as an after thought, or calling on Him only when we think we have a need. Our need for Him is every day whether we know it or not.
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