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b'READ: MATTHEW 9:20-22; MARK 5:25-34; LUKE 8:43-48\\n\\n\\n\\nDrained, the blood flows,\\n\\n\\n\\nLabelled, \\u201cunclean\\u201d and \\u201clost\\u201d\\n\\n\\n\\nDoctors fail, trying everything\\n\\n\\n\\nI don\\u2019t care about the cost. \\u201cThe healer is here, Jesus,\\u201d\\n\\n\\n\\nAn echo of Your name\\n\\n\\n\\nSings in my ears.\\n\\n\\n\\nCan He heal my shame?\\n\\n\\n\\nIn pain, I scrabble on my hands\\n\\n\\n\\nBattling through loud crowds.\\n\\n\\n\\nDesperately needing You\\n\\n\\n\\nHumbled, by the proud,\\n\\n\\n\\nCrawling in faith,\\n\\n\\n\\nJesus, I trust in You,\\n\\n\\n\\nTouching Your cloak, trembling,\\n\\n\\n\\nPower surges through,\\n\\n\\n\\n\\u201cDaughter,\\u201d our eyes connect,\\n\\n\\n\\nNo longer unclean, nor outcast,\\n\\n\\n\\n\\u201cYour faith has made you well,\\u201d\\n\\n\\n\\nYou smile, I am free at last. \\u2022 Cindy Lee\\n\\n\\n\\n\\u2022 Today\\u2019s poem imagines what it was like for the woman who Jesus healed from chronic bleeding. Her condition labeled her as unclean and made her an outcast\\u2014but Jesus healed her, forgave her, and enfolded her into His family. Have you ever felt desperate for Jesus? The reality is, without Jesus, we are all unclean outcasts, trapped in the sickness of sin that leads only to death. We all desperately need Jesus to heal us of sin and brokenness. The good news is, Jesus longs to heal us. He so much longs to restore us to wholeness and to relationship with God and His people that He went to the cross for us. He gave up His life for us\\u2014unclean outcasts that we are\\u2014and then, He rose from the grave. So now, everyone who trusts in Jesus is made clean and enfolded into God\\u2019s family. And when Jesus returns, we will be fully healed (Revelation 21:1-5). Until that day, Jesus promises to always be with us, responding to our pain in love.\\n\\n\\n\\n\\u2022 Are you or anyone you know struggling with illness? Jesus has so much compassion on us, and He wants us to come to Him. Sometimes He gives us physical healing, and sometimes He gives us other good gifts. Consider taking a moment to talk to God about anything that\\u2019s been weighing on you. You can present all your needs to Jesus, who loves you dearly.\\n\\n\\n\\n\\u201cDaughter,\\u201d he [Jesus] said to her, \\u201cyour faith has made you well. Go in peace.\\u201d Luke 8:48 (NLT)'