She came up behind [Jesus] and touched the fringe of his clothes, and immediately her hemorrhage stopped. Then Jesus asked, "Who touched me?" Luke 8:44-45a
In this reading of this encounter of the healing Jesus, I am struck by the outreach of Jesus' actions. The large numbers of people that gathered around Jesus would make an anonymous touch of his clothing seemingly inconspicuous. But Jesus, knowing that a healing had taken place, wanted to know more about this person in need. Jesus wanted to take time to identify and to relate to someone who was hurting and who, by faith, reached out to God.
The good news of God in Jesus is that God wants to know the person who seeks out God. Too often people think they have to make their lives "right" before approaching our Lord. Whether this woman knew it or not, her redemption was already there in the presence of her faith that reached out. The working out of her redemption (and ours) goes hand in hand with the risen Christ who carries us through that process assuring us of the promise of God by the power of God's grace.
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