Today I was reading about Jesus being in a crowd and people were trying to touch his clothes. As a Jewish people there is a tradition of respect for the garment we now refer to as a prayer shawl, part of the every day attire of Jewish men that is worn to declare their respect for God and God's call to live according to God's laws. People in the crowd around Jesus believed that if they touched this prayer shawl that they might be healed. Jesus respected their needs and their efforts to claim a relationship with Him by healing all who seeking healing in this way.
That is how I feel sometimes, that I want to reach out and touch something tangible to proclaim my desire to be closer to God; I want to connect with God on my human level. While Jesus is not walking around on this earth right now; He sends the Spirit of God to teach us how to have a relationship with God and to bring us healing of spirit, of mind, of body and of community.
How amazing is that!
Lord, Savior, Redeemer, pour out the Spirit of the Most High God upon me that I might be healed by You, be made whole, able, useful, powerful according to Your Will for my life. AMEN.
All in the crowd were trying to touch him, for power came out from him and healed all of them. Luke 6:19 (NRSV)
That is how I feel sometimes, that I want to reach out and touch something tangible to proclaim my desire to be closer to God; I want to connect with God on my human level. While Jesus is not walking around on this earth right now; He sends the Spirit of God to teach us how to have a relationship with God and to bring us healing of spirit, of mind, of body and of community.
How amazing is that!
Lord, Savior, Redeemer, pour out the Spirit of the Most High God upon me that I might be healed by You, be made whole, able, useful, powerful according to Your Will for my life. AMEN.
All in the crowd were trying to touch him, for power came out from him and healed all of them. Luke 6:19 (NRSV)
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