Here was a woman that was considered unclean for 12 years, probably not permitted in the synagogue, not touched by her husband or family. Despised and in despair.
Yet she persisted past her peers, past those that were following Jesus and huddled around Him. She pushed through the crowd, she made her way paying no attention to those around her, with her sight set on Christ and her heart fixed on Him she pressed forward regardless of how or what they might think.
How often are we stopped by what others may think or say about a persistance to pursue Christ?
Have we ever stopped following him because of things around us that others have said or done that either directly or indirectly affected us?
perhaps they were the ones in the 'religous' circle and they said something that put us 'in our place' and we stopped pressing in because of it.
Don't let those statements, thougths, looks stop you from pressing in to Christ - She didn't!
She pressed in regardless, and even though she didn't have the full attention of those in the moment, even though she didn't fully grasp Jesus herself, even though she only was able to touch the fringes of His prayer shawl - SHE WAS MADE WHOLE! SHE WAS HEALED!
How awesome is that - even when we don't fully grasp what it is that God can do, what He has said, what He wants from us, even if all we get is a small glimmer of truth - We can be made whole, we can be healed!
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