Contemplative Bible Reading

Luke 8:43-36 (New Living Translation)

43 A woman in the crowd had suffered for twelve years with constant bleeding, and she could find no cure. 44 Coming up behind Jesus, she touched the fringe of his robe. Immediately, the bleeding stopped.

45 “Who touched me?” Jesus asked. Everyone denied it, and Peter said, “Master, this whole crowd is pressing up against you.”

46 But Jesus said, “Someone deliberately touched me, for I felt healing power go out from me.”

This is part of the (hi)story of Jesus healing the woman who had suffered with “constant bleeding.” Jesus knew that He had healed someone, because He “felt healing power go out from me.”

If healing power went out from Jesus, did he have a tank of it that was draining one miracle at a time? If so, how did Jesus recharge or refill that tank of healing power? Is this just a figure or speech or one of those things we have in translations that doesn’t translate well?

Still, how do we recharge or refill our tanks with this or that power from God? Many ways. One is the gathering of Christians on the first day or the week or any day of the week. Move away from destructive people. Gather with constructive Christians. Be a constructive Christian. Refill someone else’s tank.

Let us bless one another as Christ blessed this woman and blesses each of us each day.