IslandMix - Soca, Reggae, Zouk and Caribbean Entertainment

Mark 5

A Risk of Faith
21-24After Jesus crossed over by boat, a large crowd met him at the seaside. One of the meeting-place leaders named Jairus came. When he saw Jesus, he fell to his knees, beside himself as he begged, "My dear daughter is at death's door. Come and lay hands on her so she will get well and live." Jesus went with him, the whole crowd tagging along, pushing and jostling him.
25-29A woman who had suffered a condition of hemorrhaging for twelve years—a long succession of physicians had treated her, and treated her badly, taking all her money and leaving her worse off than before—had heard about Jesus. She slipped in from behind and touched his robe. She was thinking to herself, "If I can put a finger on his robe, I can get well." The moment she did it, the flow of blood dried up. She could feel the change and knew her plague was over and done with.

30At the same moment, Jesus felt energy discharging from him. He turned around to the crowd and asked, "Who touched my robe?"

31His disciples said, "What are you talking about? With this crowd pushing and jostling you, you're asking, 'Who touched me?' Dozens have touched you!"

32-33But he went on asking, looking around to see who had done it. The woman, knowing what had happened, knowing she was the one, stepped up in fear and trembling, knelt before him, and gave him the whole story.

34Jesus said to her, "Daughter, you took a risk of faith, and now you're healed and whole. Live well, live blessed! Be healed of your plague."


---------------------------

My question is: If dozens touched Jesus, and he was mobbed, what was so special about this woman? Wasn't everyone surrounding him looking for the same thing, to be healed? Was it her simplistic faith? What makes her stand out???

You answered the question. It was her simplistic faith.

but not simplistic in a simpleton sense but in a humble sense. She just wanted to be healed. She dealt with this affliction for so long she tried every doctor/healer in the region to take care of the problem but to no avail. So it was a true leap of faith on her part.

__________________
"If u put a small price on ur value.. rest assure that the world wont raise ur price! Love U 2day!" ~ Rev. Run

"If you keep believing in yourself and seek enthusiasm inside your soul, things will get simpler, more spontaneous." ~Paulo Coelho

"Knowledge is like the wind, once you obtain it, you can go anywhere." ~Yellow Hare(Native-American Chief)

Be the kind of woman that when your feet hit
the floor each morning the devil says:
"Oh Crap, She's up!"

what made her different from the countless other followers? what kind of faith did they have? did they have any? was Jesus just a sideshow freak for them?

I dunno, her story really intrigues me...i read on and later in mark 6 it says lots came and were healed from Jesus, but this is one of the few particular stories that made it to the bible...so...its' interesting