Today's Journal
TOUCHING THE FRINGE
Recently in the night, and rather frustrated, I heard, ‘You barely need to touch the fringe of His garment… that may be all that is needed.’ I quickly knew this was a faith test for me. This is the Gospel story:“A woman in the crowd had suffered for twelve years with constant bleeding, having spent everything she had on doctors, and she could find no cure. Coming up behind Jesus, she touched the fringe of his robe. Immediately, the bleeding stopped.
“Who touched me?” Jesus asked.
Everyone denied it, and Peter said, “Master, this whole crowd is pressing up against you.”
But Jesus said, “Someone deliberately touched me, for I felt healing power go out from me.” When the woman realized that she could not stay hidden, she began to tremble and fell to her knees in front of him. The whole crowd heard her explain why she had touched him and that she had been immediately healed. “Daughter,” he said to her, “your faith has made you well. Go in peace.” (Luke 8:43-48)
If we have faith in the fringe… it will connect us to what the fringe is connected to. The fringe doesn’t heal, the one wearing the fringe heals. But we often must begin our faith journey by hanging on by a thread.
“Daughter, your faith has made you well. Go in peace.” Jesus