Guest Blogger: Luke Camara

The Gospel of Luke Chapter 8:42b-45 As Jesus was on his way, the crowds almost crushed him. 43And a woman was there who had been subject to bleeding for twelve years, but no one could heal her. 44She came up behind him and touched the edge of his cloak, and immediately her bleeding stopped. 45"Who touched me?" Jesus asked.

This is a dump question for Jesus to ask, right? I mean he "knows" who touched him. So why does he want to embarrass this women even more? Why does he want to drag her out into the public eye after she has been hidden for so long?

This bleeding woman was not just in a self-imposed exile, but in a culturally one as well. As a women who could not stop bleeding, read major period issues, she was considered unclean by her family and her friends. Jesus knew this. So he calls her out. She knowing that she cannot escape steps forward.

Verse 48 reads. Then he said to her, "Daughter, your faith has healed you. Go in peace."

Why did Jesus want to talk to her? Because he wanted to heal her heart. This is the only, ONLY time in the whole of recorded history that Jesus calls someone his daughter. He was healing the hurt of not having a father in her life. The deeper wound.

Jesus was not asking a dump question, he was asking the most important question. Who are you? Come to me so that I can heal your heart!

Are you asking that question of others as well?

Luke Camara is a crazy, sometimes swearing pastor, of Safe Harbor Church. He is a Husband and Father who lives in Pelham Alabama. To read more of his thoughts and quirks check out his blog lukecamara.blogspot.com