There are many inspiring women in the Bible, but this woman somehow gets overlooked. Maybe it was her condition that makes people forget her faith, or the names she was called that we remember more than what she was called by Jesus. The woman known as the woman with the issue of the blood was a woman of persistence, devotion, and tenacity; making her way to Jesus no matter the cost. In her Imperfect Pursuit, she ignored the crowd and pushed past her own circumstances, giving her all just to get to Him just to receive His touch.
SEEKING JESUS IN THE MIDST OF PAIN AND SUFFERING
DEFYING ALL ODDS TO MAKE YOUR WAY TO HIM
PLACING HIS TRUTH BEFORE ANYTHING ELSE
RECEIVING YOUR HEALING AND HIS MIRACULOUS POWER
BEING TRANSFORMED BY HIMAND SO MUCH MORE!
Everything she lacked drove her to pursue His fullness. The temporary pain to push through the resistance would be worth it just to touch Him and be healed by Jesus. She would have to endure the crawl through the crowd to end up face-to-face with the One who knew her name. The years of fighting she had gone through were the perfect training ground to see her crawl all the way to victory. She was completely up for the challenge - even if it killed her.
Through her endless struggles, she made her way to Him. Years of suffering and pain were all she knew, but she was ready and willing to know something else, to know someone else, to know Jesus. Her life had not been what she thought it would be; she was known as unclean, unworthy, and had been isolated from society. No money, no doctor, and no man could help her; only One could change her life, and she was going to pursue Him no matter the cost. She would crawl her way to Him through the crowd of criticism, being trampled with her every breath; but He was worth it. If only she could touch His hem, she would be healed; that is what she knew, that is what she believed, so she persisted, and made her way to His feet. She received His touch, she received her healing, and she received a brand new life given by Him. She was changed, transformed, and could now tell the world what He had done. She was no longer hidden and no longer silent, but now a voice declaring the testimony of Jesus.