DAY FIFTEEN – Friday, March 10, 2023
Mark 5:21-43
Jairus, leader of the local synagogue and a nameless woman, both in dire need of Jesus’ healing power, approached him. Jairus begged openly for help for his dying daughter. Jesus agreed to go to his home. The woman, who suffered from a chronic blood disease had spent all she had on doctors to no avail. She reached out and touched his robe. Immediately, she knew that she was well. Jesus asked who had touched him. The disciples said that because of the crowd they were unable to tell. The woman, trembling, admitted it was she. Christ told her that her faith had made her well and to go in peace. Jesus proceeded to Jairus’ home. En route, the crowd scoffed that his daughter died and Jesus was not needed. There was great weeping. Jesus, her parents and Peter, James and John went into the child’s room. He assured them that she was just asleep. He touched her hand. She stood up right away and was well. Then he said to give her something to eat, and to tell no one what had happened.
Christ’s healing power is available to us all ~ the prominent and the lowly. Faith, I have read, is an insight to healing. Both Jairus and the woman had faith. We, too, should be of strong faith and believe in Jesus.
Shirley Barr (from 2018)
Mark 5:21-43
Jairus, leader of the local synagogue and a nameless woman, both in dire need of Jesus’ healing power, approached him. Jairus begged openly for help for his dying daughter. Jesus agreed to go to his home. The woman, who suffered from a chronic blood disease had spent all she had on doctors to no avail. She reached out and touched his robe. Immediately, she knew that she was well. Jesus asked who had touched him. The disciples said that because of the crowd they were unable to tell. The woman, trembling, admitted it was she. Christ told her that her faith had made her well and to go in peace. Jesus proceeded to Jairus’ home. En route, the crowd scoffed that his daughter died and Jesus was not needed. There was great weeping. Jesus, her parents and Peter, James and John went into the child’s room. He assured them that she was just asleep. He touched her hand. She stood up right away and was well. Then he said to give her something to eat, and to tell no one what had happened.
Christ’s healing power is available to us all ~ the prominent and the lowly. Faith, I have read, is an insight to healing. Both Jairus and the woman had faith. We, too, should be of strong faith and believe in Jesus.
Shirley Barr (from 2018)
