Religion & Spirituality
Hope in Jesus is hope that restores. In his encounter with this woman who touched his cloak, so strong was her faith that she believed she would be healed if she did, Jesus brings restoration to her. He restores her health where her body had been ravaged by suffering, he restores her dignity where illness had taken it from her but more than that, he stops with her. Not content just to heal anonymously, he needs to know who she is, restoring her dignity in her identity and calling her daughter. This is his desire for us too, not content to just deal with us anonymously, he wants to know us, to restore to us our dignity where it has been taken away.