Contemplative Bible Reading

Luke 8:46-48 (New Living Translation)

46 But Jesus said, “Someone deliberately touched me, for I felt healing power go out from me.” 47 When the woman realized that she could not stay hidden, she began to tremble and fell to her knees in front of him. The whole crowd heard her explain why she had touched him and that she had been immediately healed. 48 “Daughter,” he said to her, “your faith has made you well. Go in peace.”

This is the end of the well-known (hi)story of the woman who touched Jesus and was healed of her suffering of bleeding. Jesus ends this with, “your faith has made you well. Go in peace.”

Jesus was well. Jesus carried wellness always. People saw and felt this in Jesus. They flocked to Jesus to have a piece of being well. Jesus, in turn, made them well.

See that person over there? That person is well. They are whole, at peace, and happy. I want to be near that person. I want some of that wellness.

Jesus carried wellness. I should, too.