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WHO TOUCHED ME?

Luke 8:44&45
"44 Came behind Him, and touched the border of His garment: and immediately her issue of blood stanched.
45 And Jesus said, Who touched Me? When all denied, Peter and they that were with Him said, Master, the multitude throng Thee and press Thee, and sayest Thou, Who touched Me?

TOUCHING the Messiah is her only hope!
She was considered unclean and UNTOUCHABLE, by Jewish law. She has suffered for a very long time. She has spent all of het money paying doctors and others to heal her. They took her money but, NO one was able to help her. She is DESPERATE. She was secretive about it and snuck up to Jesus and touched the hem of His clothing. Today's verses; "Came behind Him, and touched the border of His garment: and IMMEDIATELY her issue of blood stanched. And Jesus said, WHO TOUCHED ME? When all denied, Peter and they that were with Him said, Master, the multitude throng Thee and press Thee, and sayest Thou, WHO TOUCHED ME?"

Almost like siblings in the back seat on a road trip; "WHO TOUCHED ME?" Jesus and His Disciples are on a road trip to the Jewish leader Jairus's home. Where there is a 12-year-old girl about to die! Out of DESPERATION Jairus sought out Jesus's help. Now, they are being delayed. God's timing is different from our timing. Jairus is focused on getting Jesus to his daughter so she can be healed. God, Jesus, sees all the sick, suffering and needy along the way to Jairus's home.

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