The Woman Who Touched Jesus

Matthew 9:22

"Jesus turned around and said to her, 'Daughter, be encouraged!
Your faith has made you well.' And the woman was healed at that moment."

Several summers ago, neighbors rushed me to the hospital with a potentially life-threatening illness. My husband was away on a business trip and I was alone with my young son. The prognosis wasn't good, and there were important decisions to make.
As I lay on the gurney, my thoughts turned to the woman in Scripture, who bravely pushed her way through a huge crowd to touch the hem of Jesus' garment. The moment she touched the Savior, she felt something change, and so did Jesus. "Who touched me?" He said. For He knew someone touched Him in faith.

That night, I decided to do as that woman did. I pushed through the fear and anxiety that crowded my mind. I reached out to Jesus in a way I never had before, with faith and expectation. My fear and anxiety fled.

Touch Him and He'll touch you back.