Mark 5:24-34
So he went with him. And a large crowd followed him and pressed in on him. Now there was a woman who had been suffering from hemorrhages for twelve years. She had endured much under many physicians, and had spent all that she had; and she was no better, but rather grew worse. She had heard about Jesus, and came up behind him in the crowd and touched his cloak, for she said, “If I but touch his clothes, I will be made well.” Immediately her hemorrhage stopped; and she felt in her body that she was healed of her disease. Immediately aware that power had gone forth from him, Jesus turned about in the crowd and said, “Who touched my clothes?”1And his disciples said to him, “You see the crowd pressing in on you; how can you say, ‘Who touched me?’”2He looked all around to see who had done it. But the woman, knowing what had happened to her, came in fear and trembling, fell down before him, and told him the whole truth. He said to her, “Daughter, your faith has made you well; go in peace, and be healed of your disease.”
She could hardly reach his garment
in her desperation and pain
she felt she had nothing to lose
and everything to gain.
She knew nobody would notice
as she was completely healed.
But when he asked, “Who touched me?”
she wondered who had squealed.
A second time he queried
so she knew she must confess
She never dreamed she’be given
the time her faith to express.
For twelve years she could have given up
and settle for her limited life.
But her faith had made her well
as she overcame her strife.
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