One of the things I’ve learned on this journey of #LivingLifeGratefully is that allowing God to have His way brings peace and excitement all rolled up beautifully together!  So, when He spoke to my spirit and nudged me to share and remind us of the woman with the issue of blood and her  #RidiculousFaith , I obediently said oh yes!

Every time I think about the woman with the issue of blood, my heart is overwhelmed with empathetic pain and joy!  It’s an interesting mix of feelings, however the thought she lived with continuous bleeding and no doctor could help, brings so much sadness to me.  She was desperate for help and no longer wanted to live in shame, isolation or sadness.  But when she heard about Jesus {GLORY, I had to shout!}, even though she had been secluded because of her issue, even though she knew large crowds would be there and they would likely ridicule and shame her because of her issue, her faith told her that if she put aside those feelings and could just get to Jesus, He could heal her and her misery would be over!  My God!!!

She arrives to the area where Jesus is and there is indeed a HUGE crowd.  All trying to get something from Him. My holy imagination shares with me that I’m sure she was mocked as she made her way to Jesus by all of those that saw her.  The crowd was so overwhelmingly large, but her faith would not let her be denied her healing.  So she pressed her way. Crawled on the ground through the crowd.  She was at everyone’s feet, beneath people but she kept her eyes on Jesus.  I can imagine her saying “if I can just get to Jesus” as she pressed her way.  Then it hit her, since the crowd was so large, she may not get to ask Jesus for her healing, but her #ridiculousfaith told her that if I could just touch Him, his clothes or anything touching Him, I WILL BE HEALED!

How crazy did she look crawling on the ground to get a healing that I’m sure others didn’t think she could get or deserve?! But her faith told her that Jesus can do it, if she could get to Him.  In fact, her faith said He didn’t even have to acknowledge or see her, but that if she touched Him and believed in His healing power and that He is the Son of God she will be healed! She didn’t care what others said about her. She didn’t care if folks stepped on her. She didn’t care at all how she looked! She just wanted to get to Jesus, touch Him and be Healed! My God, that’s #RidiculousFaith

On your faith journey, Do you care what people think about you? Your issues? How has your #RidiculousFaith brought about blessings from God and simultaneously ridicule from others?

#LivingLifeGratefully is about not allowing what others think about you dictate what you think of yourself.