When life leaves you bleeding and unseen, faith doesn’t have to be perfect—it just has to reach. Her story reminds us that Jesus still stops for the ones the crowd overlooks.
Scripture in Focus — Mark 5:25-34
The streets were crowded that day, packed tight with people pressing in on every side. Somewhere in the noise and motion was a woman who had forgotten what it felt like to be touched. Twelve years of bleeding. Twelve years of whispers. Twelve years of being called unclean.
In her world, that word meant exile. No hugs. No temple. No community. Even her furniture carried stigma. People stepped back when she passed, afraid of what she carried. She lived outside, in silence, in shame. Her savings were gone, her energy gone, and yet something inside her refused to die. Maybe it was faith. Maybe it was just the last flicker of hope. But that flicker made her move.
She shouldn’t have been there. Every law said she didn’t belong. But she heard that Jesus was passing by, and that was enough to risk it all. She pushed through the crowd, ignoring the stares, the shoves, the fear. She didn’t want a spotlight; she wanted peace.
When her fingers brushed the edge of His garment, everything stopped. The bleeding stopped. The shame stopped. The silence stopped. Jesus turned—not to condemn her—but to see her. “Daughter,” He said, “your faith has made you well. Go in peace and be healed.”
That word Daughter changed everything. She wasn’t invisible anymore.
