tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2127231318556758701.post3878029350427425997..comments2023-11-05T03:06:30.977-08:00Comments on Mormon Midrashim: The Five Books of Jesus Excerpt: The Woman with the Issue of BloodJames Goldberghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14422536627746885883noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2127231318556758701.post-4263565973095549572012-08-16T07:48:34.387-07:002012-08-16T07:48:34.387-07:00Truly the people in the story are real people -- y...Truly the people in the story are real people -- you help bring out this reality and humanity. Thanks you!jinoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2127231318556758701.post-14342972733483666652012-08-13T05:47:51.312-07:002012-08-13T05:47:51.312-07:00One of my favorite accounts in the New Testament. ...One of my favorite accounts in the New Testament. There's more than one way to "bleed out" and He can (and has) stopped my "bleeding" and let me know that He's very aware of me. How does He do it? Lovely post.<br />Sandra and Brenthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15646331957418568279noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2127231318556758701.post-84075373916750761392012-08-12T12:55:59.791-07:002012-08-12T12:55:59.791-07:00So vivid! I also love the many connections you mad...So vivid! I also love the many connections you made here, especially that she's been bleeding for as long Jarius' daughter has been alive. Twelve years is an abstract number; in this story, it is literally a lifetime. <br /><br />I also love the woman's reaction to the Savior's comment "I felt some of my virtue go out." It always seemed an odd comment to me (in a more flippant mood, I might have likened it to some kind of virtue-meter) but here it makes perfect sense. It's letting the woman know he knows exactly what happened. Had he not stopped and confronted her, she might have continued to feel guilty for going out in public like that. She may have even felt unclean still, even though ritually she could be pure. And she certainly wouldn't have taken credit for her contribution to the miracle that the Savior gave her - that it was *her* faith that had made her whole. There is an entire sermon here - something to truly and deeply ponder - in such a short passage.Hillaryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07966370717526592703noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2127231318556758701.post-13295382675033827372012-08-11T05:33:24.821-07:002012-08-11T05:33:24.821-07:00I thought a lot about this story in the scriptures...I thought a lot about this story in the scriptures because I have family with Chronic medical conditions and I wonder if people really think about how significant it would be to have then suddenly go away.janaemadsenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06385333330340105207noreply@blogger.com