Comments on: Matthew 9:18-26 http://dream.uk.net/wpblog/2007/01/22/matthew-918-26/ reading the bible as a community Thu, 20 Nov 2008 13:48:38 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.5 by: diane http://dream.uk.net/wpblog/2007/01/22/matthew-918-26/#comment-141 Tue, 23 Jan 2007 14:08:07 +0000 http://dream.uk.net/wpblog/2007/01/22/matthew-918-26/#comment-141 funnly enough i have just read Phils "Freshbread" cant remember when he wrote it, but i quote his words, he wrote, "He wanted people to have a faith in God rather than faith in faith it self" so maybe that is the answer i was looking for thanks to everyones in put. funnly enough i have just read Phils “Freshbread” cant remember when he wrote it, but i quote his words, he wrote, “He wanted people to have a faith in God rather than faith in faith it self” so maybe that is the answer i was looking for thanks to everyones in put.

]]> by: Julie http://dream.uk.net/wpblog/2007/01/22/matthew-918-26/#comment-139 Mon, 22 Jan 2007 23:43:51 +0000 http://dream.uk.net/wpblog/2007/01/22/matthew-918-26/#comment-139 It feels strange (but good) when someone makes the exact comment that you planned to make. It's almost like a group cuddle off the Father. It feels strange (but good) when someone makes the exact comment that you planned to make. It’s almost like a group cuddle off the Father.

]]> by: Frances http://dream.uk.net/wpblog/2007/01/22/matthew-918-26/#comment-138 Mon, 22 Jan 2007 19:48:00 +0000 http://dream.uk.net/wpblog/2007/01/22/matthew-918-26/#comment-138 If you want to see a courageous woman of faith, go read Esther! My heroine!! If you want to see a courageous woman of faith, go read Esther! My heroine!!

]]> by: Jill http://dream.uk.net/wpblog/2007/01/22/matthew-918-26/#comment-137 Mon, 22 Jan 2007 18:23:29 +0000 http://dream.uk.net/wpblog/2007/01/22/matthew-918-26/#comment-137 "Courage daughter!" - those are exactly the words I needed to hear today. Logged on to comment and find Ellen & Julie there ahead of me!!Perhaps it's unusual to hear Courage and daughter in the same sentence that makes it so striking! I'm not particularly feminist, but courage is more of a blokey word isn't it? When the Bible is full of courageous women. Number one in my book being Mary - but this anonymous lady feaures highly too! “Courage daughter!” - those are exactly the words I needed to hear today. Logged on to comment and find Ellen & Julie there ahead of me!!Perhaps it’s unusual to hear Courage and daughter in the same sentence that makes it so striking! I’m not particularly feminist, but courage is more of a blokey word isn’t it? When the Bible is full of courageous women. Number one in my book being Mary - but this anonymous lady feaures highly too!

]]> by: richard http://dream.uk.net/wpblog/2007/01/22/matthew-918-26/#comment-136 Mon, 22 Jan 2007 15:43:30 +0000 http://dream.uk.net/wpblog/2007/01/22/matthew-918-26/#comment-136 That's an excellent question Diane. I think it was a risk in at least 2 ways. 1. In that culture, as a woman who was bleeding, she was 'unclean'and therefore shoudn't have touched Jesus, becasue that would make him unclean too. It's interesting that one of the few things more unclean than a woman with bleeding back then was a corpse - which Jesus then goes on to touch later that day! In both cases, rather than Jesus being made unclean, he makes the person he touches 'clean'. That's why he's willing to otuch me too! 2. Maybe it is also always a 'risk' to dare to get our hopes up in faith? That’s an excellent question Diane.
I think it was a risk in at least 2 ways.
1. In that culture, as a woman who was bleeding, she was ‘unclean’and therefore shoudn’t have touched Jesus, becasue that would make him unclean too. It’s interesting that one of the few things more unclean than a woman with bleeding back then was a corpse - which Jesus then goes on to touch later that day! In both cases, rather than Jesus being made unclean, he makes the person he touches ‘clean’. That’s why he’s willing to otuch me too!
2. Maybe it is also always a ‘risk’ to dare to get our hopes up in faith?

]]> by: Julie http://dream.uk.net/wpblog/2007/01/22/matthew-918-26/#comment-135 Mon, 22 Jan 2007 15:07:25 +0000 http://dream.uk.net/wpblog/2007/01/22/matthew-918-26/#comment-135 Ellen - those were the exact words that spoke out loud and clear to me too when I read this amazing passage. Ellen - those were the exact words that spoke out loud and clear to me too when I read this amazing passage.

]]> by: diane http://dream.uk.net/wpblog/2007/01/22/matthew-918-26/#comment-134 Mon, 22 Jan 2007 15:02:47 +0000 http://dream.uk.net/wpblog/2007/01/22/matthew-918-26/#comment-134 i dont understand why it was a RISK of faith please explain this to my simple mind! i dont understand why it was a RISK of faith please explain this to my simple mind!

]]> by: ellen loudon http://dream.uk.net/wpblog/2007/01/22/matthew-918-26/#comment-133 Mon, 22 Jan 2007 14:58:44 +0000 http://dream.uk.net/wpblog/2007/01/22/matthew-918-26/#comment-133 “Courage, daughter. You took a risk of faith, and now you’re well.” I am feeling like I am taking a lot of faithful risks at the moment. So, this passage was a great encouragement. Sometimes it is difficult to step out in search of healing. This story gives us hope. Whilst the healings are miraculous in themselves it is the ordinariness of the faith of the father and the woman who is hemorrhaging that strikes me. They just got on with acting in faith. It is a challenge to me to stop theorising and get on with the stuff of God. “Courage, daughter. You took a risk of faith, and now you’re well.”

I am feeling like I am taking a lot of faithful risks at the moment. So, this passage was a great encouragement. Sometimes it is difficult to step out in search of healing. This story gives us hope. Whilst the healings are miraculous in themselves it is the ordinariness of the faith of the father and the woman who is hemorrhaging that strikes me. They just got on with acting in faith. It is a challenge to me to stop theorising and get on with the stuff of God.

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