GRACE REMIX (Gumroad).docx A word after I’ve given you a few examples of people who stepped out in faith with fear and trembling (Abraham, Rahab, Paul, Jonah), but one reader suggested another: At once Jesus realized that power had gone out from him. He turned around in the crowd and asked, “Who touched my clothes?” … Then the woman, knowing what had happened to her, came and fell at his feet and, trembling with fear, told him the whole truth. (Mark 5:30,33, emphasis added) Two thousand years later we marvel at this woman’s faith, but let’s not forget her fear and trembling. Under law, this woman was considered unclean (Leviticus 15:25), and as such she was forbidden to touch others. Yet here in the press of the crowd she touched everybody, risking their ire. But while she came “trembling with fear,” she left in peace and healed from her suffering. What a difference faith makes! You may be wondering what happened in my own story, the one where I told Camilla to pack her bags because I didn’t want to be left with a church.
