In Your Secret Place

From the Mat to the Hem: A Woman with the Issue of Blood Devotional Journey Opening Scripture — Mark 5:27–28 “She had heard the reports about Jesus and came up behind him in the crowd and touched his garment. For she said, ‘If I touch even his garments, I will be made well.’” — Mark 5:27–28 (ESV) Reflection — When Hope Interrupts Isolation Last week in our woman with the issue of blood devotional, we remained on the mat. We honored the years. We did not rush her story. Now the text gives us a quiet but profound shift: “She had heard…” Mark 5:25–34 does not tell us who told…

From the Mat to the Hem: A Woman with the Issue of Blood Devotional Journey Opening Scripture — Mark 5:25–26 “And there was a woman who had had a discharge of blood for twelve years, and who had suffered much under many physicians, and had spent all that she had, and was no better but rather grew worse.” — Mark 5:25–26 (ESV) Reflection — Living on the Mat The story of the woman with the issue of blood begins long before she reaches for the hem. It begins on the mat. For twelve years she lived with a condition that did not resolve. Twelve years of physical weakness. Twelve years…