Today’s Gospel, Mk 5: 21-43, reveal a God of love and
compassion, a God who cares about each
one of us. Jairus, a synagogue official, approaches Jesus and asked that he
heal his daughter who is dying. A huge crowd is following Jesus. A woman haemorrhaging
for twelve years, having exhausted her means in various failed and painful treatments,
touches the hem of Jesus’ garment and is
healed. He knows that power left Him and turns around and asks: “Who touched
me?” When the woman, trembling, comes
forth and tells Him her story, He says to her: “Woman, your faith has saved
you.” God knows when we approach Him. He
also knows when power leaves Him and changes our lives. Our God is a personal God,
not a distant God. God’s personableness and gentleness are also revealed in His
healing of Jairus’ twelve-year-old daughter, who is “dead,” according to the people who had been keeping vigil at Jairus’
house. Jesus goes to her room and says to the little girl: “Talitha koum,”
which means “Little girl, I say to you, arise!” She does so and Jesus tells the
family to get her something to eat. What caring and what attention to detail in
terms of need. That is who God is! How
do you experience the personableness, the tenderness, the gentleness, God’s
individual attention in your life?
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