| Tuesday, February 05, 2013 St. Agatha, Virgin, Martyr (Memorial) | ||
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Mark 5:28 For she said, "If I touch even his garments, I shall be made well."
This is one of my favorite passages in the Bible. I know I have mentioned this before. It is great because it stands boldly in the face of those who would prescribe a set formula to receive the grace of God.
The woman never asks Jesus if He will heal her. She simply assumes that if she even touches His garment she will be healed. Ja'irus' daughter is also healed because of his willingness to approach Jesus. The girl didn't ask Jesus to be healed. So we have someone being healed through the intersession of another and we have a person being healed because she touched a piece of clothing.
What is in common is Jesus and the recognition that "somehow" Jesus can bring the healing. It is the "somehow" that we get hung up on all the time but forget about the getting to Jesus part. There are a lot of denominational rules and prohibitions dealing with the "somehow". I think I will rest in the knowledge that Jesus can heal whether I ask Him correctly, or even if someone else asks for me. In fact I believe that Jesus can heal me even if nobody asks. He can do it if he wants to. That may make people feel uncomfortable because they don't have control over who actually gets healed. We all love to control things.
Father, help me by your Holy Spirit to trust in you and your grace and not to try to control the dissemination of your grace, but rather to seek you and be close to you.
Amen
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