Pushing thru the 'crowds"

I want to talk about the woman in the bible that had an issue of blood for 12 years! (Mark 5:21-32) This means that this poor woman had a very irregular menstrual period that probably produced heavy bleeding. Because of this condition she probably was anemic which can make you very weak. She was under the care of many doctors that couldn't resolve this problem. She also came into financial distress because of this condition.  This woman lived during a time where there was no appropriate or sanitary way to relieve yourself from menstruating. We also have to put into consideration, the culture back then which, when a woman is bleeding she can not enter the temple for she was considered unclean. So along with the physical pain that she may have endured, she more than likely also endured the emotional shame that came along with it.

The scripture says that she PUSHED through the crowd and thought to herself  "If only I touch his cloak I will be healed." When she did touch Jesus's hem, she instantly felt power surge thru her body and she was healed right on the spot. In my opinion this poor woman must have been quite weak as the bleeding must have caused anemia. So I'm sure pushing thru the crowd wasn't easy for her as it would have been for some.

I want to focus on how she PUSHED her way thru the crowd. How many of us have been or are there now. We need a super natural miracle! What is your "crowd" that you need to push thru? I know mine, as I have many: Pride, shame,time,fear of man,anger,unforgiveness, to just name a few. I know that if I can just push thru this crowd of all this junk and touch the cloak of Jesus I will get my miracle. I am speaking of this metaphorically of course. But sometimes pushing thru the crowd can be quite a journey and hard work.

We all know that when we walk through a crowd of people, inevidently you will get touched by other people. So when Jesus walked through the crowd, He felt the surge of power leave his body, in which He said "who touched me?". Jesus noticed this poor, nameless woman out of the many in the crowd. When He looked at her He called her daughter. Not woman,or stranger, but DAUGHTER. He told her that her faith has healed her, to go in peace and be freed from her suffering.

I need a miracle in my life right now. I'm pushing thru my crowds, and persevering towards Jesus's cloak, I KNOW he will notice me above the crowd, He will call me "daughter". He will tell me to "go in peace your faith has healed you."

I'm writing this very personal blog because I think I'm not the only one that needed to hear this message.