When she heard about Jesus, she came behind Him in the crowd and touched His garment. For she said, "If only I may touch His clothes, I shall be made well." Mark 5:27-28
Here we have a great image representing how we are to live out our faith. Jesus came to the world and preached and left us with lots to think about. Now, through his words and through the Holy Spirit, he continues to move around everywhere before us. There is a movement that has been going on since his ministry.
Our faith involved our own decision to act. In order to proclaim our faith, we have to begin with, "I believe." We have to make the effort, and we have to take the steps forward. In this story above, we see a woman who was unclean because of her bleeding come forward to touch the clothes of Jesus. However, Jesus did not condemn her as an unclean person stepping out of line. Just as Jesus had been doing with many of the oppressed in those days, he healed her and told her that her faith had made her well.
Jesus is walking before us all the time, but we don't always take the first step. Many times, we use our own constructs as excuses. I can't go before Jesus because I'm a woman. I'm too far into sin to be healed. I'm hopeless because my pastor says so. Rather than wallow in a bout of self-guilt, run to Jesus. Jesus is ready to turn our faith into healing. Jesus is ready to transform us. He radiates with so much power, and all we need to do is reach out and touch him. Make Lent be a time where you take one step closer to Jesus.
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