system
Wednesday July 1st,
Mark 5: 22 Then one of the synagogue rulers, named Jairus, came there. Seeing
Jesus, he fell at his feet 23 and pleaded earnestly with
him, "My little daughter is dying. Please come and put your hands on her
so that she will be healed and live." What
Jairus demonstrated was faith, pure faith.
This is one of two stories mixed together, both examples of faith. Jairus was one of the synagogue rulers whose
daughter was ill. The story of the woman
who had been bleeding for many years is sandwiched in the middle of the Jairus
story. The bleeding woman would have
been considered unclean and therefore would not have been allowed in the
synagogue or in the company of others.
Jesus’ response is healing for both as well as the community in which
they lived. The little girl is restored
to life; the woman is restored to life and therefore reunited with the
community, and in the process restoring that community to life. One would hope that in the process what was
also healed was the system that would keep some who are in need from the
healing power of God, a system that often blames the victims of the system
rather than the system which creates them.
What needs fixing in our systems, our communities? How do we create
victims to blame for our ills?
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