Belonging - Day 5
Mark 5:32
But he kept on looking around to see who had done it. 33 Then the frightened woman, trembling at the realization of what had happened to her, came and fell to her knees in front of him and told him what she had done.
I wonder what Jesus's gaze was like. I wonder what it is like? We don’t know what color his eyes were, but judging by his ethnicity, they were probably brown or some dark color. But I bet his gaze can be pretty intense.
As he looked around to see it, the woman realized that she better confess to what she had done, but it seemed that she was pretty afraid of him. I have often wondered why she was frightened. Could it have been because she was nervous that what she had done was some violation of his privacy? Did she feel like she stole something from him? Was it not hers to take?
Could she have known what she was really doing when she thought that if she just touched his robe, she would be healed? It seems that this was more an act of faith than an act of thievery. It was a last hope in a good God that motivated her to reach out and touch the hem of his robe, believing that it might be enough to heal her. What an incredible act of faith.
She was clearly frightened that her act of faith might have upset Jesus. I would think that at this point there was very little information on what it was like if Jesus was angry. At this point in the narrative, people had not really seen Jesus upset at all, rather, they had encountered Jesus who was very serious about healing people and preaching the kingdom of God. So an angry Jesus might have been a bit out of the ordinary for them.
I wonder if she was frightened because of his reaction, because of his gaze, or because she didn’t know what was going to happen next? It could have been all of these things or it could have been something else. But what we do know is that she fessed up to what she had done, and she was willing to throw herself upon his mercy.
But he kept on looking around to see who had done it. 33 Then the frightened woman, trembling at the realization of what had happened to her, came and fell to her knees in front of him and told him what she had done.
I wonder what Jesus's gaze was like. I wonder what it is like? We don’t know what color his eyes were, but judging by his ethnicity, they were probably brown or some dark color. But I bet his gaze can be pretty intense.
As he looked around to see it, the woman realized that she better confess to what she had done, but it seemed that she was pretty afraid of him. I have often wondered why she was frightened. Could it have been because she was nervous that what she had done was some violation of his privacy? Did she feel like she stole something from him? Was it not hers to take?
Could she have known what she was really doing when she thought that if she just touched his robe, she would be healed? It seems that this was more an act of faith than an act of thievery. It was a last hope in a good God that motivated her to reach out and touch the hem of his robe, believing that it might be enough to heal her. What an incredible act of faith.
She was clearly frightened that her act of faith might have upset Jesus. I would think that at this point there was very little information on what it was like if Jesus was angry. At this point in the narrative, people had not really seen Jesus upset at all, rather, they had encountered Jesus who was very serious about healing people and preaching the kingdom of God. So an angry Jesus might have been a bit out of the ordinary for them.
I wonder if she was frightened because of his reaction, because of his gaze, or because she didn’t know what was going to happen next? It could have been all of these things or it could have been something else. But what we do know is that she fessed up to what she had done, and she was willing to throw herself upon his mercy.
- Have you ever thrown yourself on the mercy of someone else?
- How did that make you feel?
- Did you feel vulnerable and perhaps a little alone?
- Do you think this is what the woman in the story felt?
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