Don't be afraid; just believe
Have you ever been at the edge? Have you ever been completely fed up, ready to give-up, or unable to go on? Perhaps you’ve faced a significant crisis (like disease, despair or death), or maybe the little frustrations have piled up to such a degree that you’ve felt totally buried? In the gospels, we often see Jesus meeting people at the edge. And we learn that when we're desperate, struggling or ‘past it’, he offers his power and compassion; he gives the gift of faith; he calls us back from the edge. Even if that edge is death itself, Jesus can pull us back. As we consider the story of Jairus, his daughter and the bleeding woman, we hear Jesus say, clearly: "Don’t be afraid; just believe." These are words we can take to heart when teetering on the edge, facing crises, despair or death itself. Because Jesus has power over all of it.
