Faith to Reach Out

Today I was at a Women's Conference and one of the talks referenced this story in the New Testament, and it got me thinking.

And a woman having an issue of blood twelve years, which had spent all her living upon physicians and could not be healed.

For she said within herself, If I may but touch His garment, I shall be made whole.

And straightway the fountain of blood was dried up; and she felt her body that she was healed of that plague.

And Jesus, immediately knowing in Himself that virtue had gone out of him, turned Him about in the press, and said, Who touched my clothes?

And when the woman saw that she was not hid, she came trembling, and falling down before him, she declared unto him before all the people for what cause she had touched him, and how she was healed immediately.

And he said unto her, Daughter, be of good comfort; thy faith hath made the whole; go in peace

New Testament Matt 9:20-21, Mark 5:25-29, Luke 8:43-48

Here in this story this woman is struggling with health and she has tried all that she could do to be healed.  Then with her simple faith, she decides that she will simply touch the garment of our Savior, and has faith that she will be healed.

Just like the woman in this scripture story, all of us have many struggles and heart aches.  I know in my own life I have had my own struggles and heart ache  I got pregnant at a young age, was molested by a family member, had a miscarriage,  had a hard pregnancy, had a premature baby, and debilitating shyness, my list can go on and on just like yours.

Like this great woman, we need to have the faith to reach out to the Savior and have faith that he will heal us.  How can we reach out to the Savior?  We can read our scriptures, sincerely pray, fast, attend the temple. I think the most important thing we can do is have faith that we will heal us, because faith leads into hope and hope can lead us to act.

One of my favorite chapters in the Book of Mormon is about faith and hope.  I would encourage you to read it if you have time. It is Ether 12, in the Book of Mormon.

One of my favorite versus from this chapter is verse 4:

Wherefore, whoso believeth in God might with surety hope for a better world...which hope cometh of faith, maketh an anchor to the souls of men, which would make them sure and steadfast...

I love this scripture because to me it says he that believes in God, has hope for a better day.  And when we are in the midst of struggle and heart ache do we not hope for a better day?  We will find that better day through our faith that is anchored in Jesus Christ.

I know that if you will turn your struggles and heart ache to the Lord, he will make them lighter.

I hope you will take the chance to reach out to our Savior Jesus Christ and allow Him to touch your life.  I will close with this Mormon Message