Luke 8: 43 ¶And a woman having an issue of blood twelve years, which had spent all her living upon physicians, neither could be healed of any,
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?
47 And
when the woman saw that she was not hid, she came trembling, and
falling down before him, she declared unto him before all the people for
what cause she had touched him, and how she was healed immediately.
Speaking of this story,Sister Anne C. Pingree said: I
have asked myself what might have happened if this woman with the issue
of blood had not believed in the Savior enough to make whatever effort
was necessary to touch the border of His robe. In that throng I imagine
getting even that close to Him took some doing. Yet, “nothing wavering,” she persisted. In like manner, we must demonstrate that faith in the Lord has penetrated our hearts deeply enough to move us to action.
I once included this story in a song I wrote entitled "He Healed Me." This is a quartet, with four solo parts. Each verse is a different miracle, told from the viewpoint of the received of the miracle. It concludes with, "Thy faith hath made they whole."
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