I don't know about you but I believe in God and Jesus Christ. I believe some of the stories in the Bible are true and I believe others were true in their time and open for interpretation in this day and age. But that is not what this is about at all!!!
In the Bible there are many stories of just touching Jesus to be healed. There are many stories that Jesus actually blessed the people and they were healed. A few months ago my pastor did a sermon series on the healing that happened in the Bible. I couldn't help but sit there and be jealous. As I sit here every day suffering in pain for a multitude of aliments, I would give anything for Jesus to walk down the street and just brush me with his cloak. In Mark 5:28, Mark tells the story of the bleeding woman. At this point, we all assume she was menstruating. She had been bleeding for 12 years. It talks about how she had suffered a great deal in dealing with doctors. THIS IS ME!!! Ok I didn't bleed for 12 years straight but holy cow could any story in the Bible reflect my life more totally. This unnamed woman basically snuck up on Jesus and touched his cloak and stopped bleeding and felt her body freed from suffering. I can only think she must have had fibroids, adenomyosis, or endometriosis. Something was not right with her body and the doctors couldn't figure it out. Gotta love that invisible diseases stumped doctors hundreds of years ago also
Where is my modern day Jesus moment? What I wouldn't give to be able to go somewhere, touch something and feel better!!! This unfortunately isn't the reality when dealing with this stupid disease. There is no miracle cure. There is nothing that will heal any of this, it is dealing with it every day and trying to make the best out of each day.
I had told my pastors wife about this jealousy I felt about these passages. She told me she had never even thought of it like that and what a powerful image that displays. Yesterday when I saw her, she said I wish I could just touch you and you would be healed. What an amazing thought, I wish that would work!!!! As we were talking about all that is going on she also said to me I bet that you can't wait to get to heaven then, you will just be free of all this pain and suffering. WOW, YES!!! I am not ready to go tomorrow but I can't wait for the day that I get to have a "body" healed from all of this pain and discomfort. But for now I just sit here and pray for some relief and some direction in this huge tangled web.
