I absolutely love the story of “the woman with the issue of blood” in the Bible. Having dealt with chronic pain for 𝘺𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘴, I can understand her desperation, and 𝘭𝘰𝘷𝘦 the words Jesus spoke to this woman, (who essentially had her period for 12 straight years!) He told her, “𝘛𝘢𝘬𝘦 𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘵 𝘥𝘢𝘶𝘨𝘩𝘵𝘦𝘳; 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘧𝘢𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘩𝘢𝘴 𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘦𝘥 𝘺𝘰𝘶.”

Something that continues to amaze me is how Holy Spirit can reveal something new and fresh no matter how many times we’ve read certain passages of Scripture. The healing is so beautiful!! This is the part I tend to focus on because I have sat at the feet of Jesus begging for my own healing. However, I had a fresh revelation in a different part of the story. The words that leapt off of the page were, “𝘑𝘦𝘴𝘶𝘴 𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘯𝘦𝘥 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘴𝘢𝘸 𝘩𝘦𝘳.” He 𝙨𝙖𝙬 𝙝𝙚𝙧!!

This woman, that had spent all of her money, time and resources desperately seeking medical attention, would have been an outcast. She would have to yell out “unclean!” if anyone came close to her. She would have to walk on the other side of the road to avoid being near others. I imagine that she probably felt alone, hopeless, unseen. I’m sure that after getting her hopes up time and again, she probably came to a point where she accepted this was just her life. She would have to suck it up and deal with it always. I know that feeling all too well. Then she heard of this Jesus! 𝘚𝘩𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩𝘵, “𝘐𝘧 𝘐 𝘫𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘵𝘰𝘶𝘤𝘩 𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘤𝘭𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘴, 𝘐 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘣𝘦 𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘦𝘥.” 𝘔𝘢𝘳𝘬 5:28

What great faith! Finally, hope! I love that we see her story in Matthew, Mark, and Luke. Since Matthew has the least amount of details, it’s not the account I usually read, but I love the words he wrote in Matt 9:22. “𝘑𝘦𝘴𝘶𝘴 𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘯𝘦𝘥 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘴𝘢𝘸 𝘩𝘦𝘳.” Here she is feeling hopeless, disappointed, alone and unnoticed, (and actually in this moment she was 𝘩𝘰𝘱𝘪𝘯𝘨 to go unnoticed), but… Jesus saw her. Mark and Luke go into more detail about how Jesus asked who touched Him. Luke 8:47 says, “𝘛𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘰𝘮𝘢𝘯, 𝘴𝘦𝘦𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘴𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘨𝘰 𝘶𝘯𝘯𝘰𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘦𝘥, 𝘤𝘢𝘮𝘦 𝘵𝘳𝘦𝘮𝘣𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘧𝘦𝘭𝘭 𝘢𝘵 𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘧𝘦𝘦𝘵.”

This is such a wonderful reminder that Jesus 𝐬𝐞𝐞𝐬 𝐮𝐬. No matter what our circumstances are, He 𝘴𝘦𝘦𝘴 us. He is waiting for us to reach out for Him; to fall at His feet.

I truly feel that every word in the Bible has been put there for a purpose. I usually enjoy the more detailed versions of this story, so I often overlook Matthew 9. Yet, I found myself there so the Holy Spirit could speak those words directly to my heart, and maybe you need them too… 𝙅𝙚𝙨𝙪𝙨. 𝙎𝙚𝙚𝙨. 𝙔𝙤𝙪.

Thank You, Lord ❤

𝘑𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘢 𝘸𝘰𝘮𝘢𝘯 𝘸𝘩𝘰 𝘩𝘢𝘥 𝘣𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘴𝘶𝘣𝘫𝘦𝘤𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘣𝘭𝘦𝘦𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘧𝘰𝘳 12 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. 𝘔𝘢𝘵𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘸 9:20-22