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“In illness, trusting in God”

Just then a woman who had been subject to bleeding for twelve years came up behind him and touched the edge of his cloak. She said to herself, “If I only touch his cloak, I will be healed.” Jesus turned and saw her. “Take heart, daughter,” he said, “your faith has healed you.” And the woman was healed from that moment.

[Mathew 9:20-22 NIV]

Lisa J. says:

This is a story with the issue of blood and it hits hard, deep into my spirit. The past 9 months I underwent a gastric bypass surgery plus three more surgeries because complications occurred, and i am still having pains.

In Matthew 9:20-22, the woman was so desperate to touch the hem of Jesus’ garment - she knew that one touch would save her from this disease she had. It took tremendous faith and no matter what she had to do she was going to touch the hem of his garment. Even though she was being shunned and pushed away she still pressed through and when she finally touched the hem, Jesus turned and saw her and said, “Take heart daughter, your faith has healed you.”

So many times we lose track of who the great physician is and turn to modern medicine and instead of working our way through the crowd, we turn to the world for the answer instead of the the one who bore our sins and pain.

Even though we may not see the healing right now, God is healing us. Every day we must praise God and thank Him for His loving hand touching us and healing us. God loves us so much. He just wants us to have a child-like faith and know that He is healing us and through Him all things are possible. In the book of Acts, He makes the blind see and the lame walk and I believe He is still performing miracles today and wants to do a miracle in our lives today too.

Whether its healing your body, your marriage, or just putting your mind at peace, He can do it if we have faith and persevere. He will do all things because all things are possible through Him.