By bringing the disciples along to observe his own drubbing down at the hands of his hometown community, Jesus is teaching them that his and theirs is a ministry in which they will experience rejection, even humiliation, and when that happens, they will literally dust themselves off and get back to work.
They also have this in common: that the healing power experienced by Jairus and his daughter and by the bleeding woman is, in both stories, activated by their faith.
Trusting Jesus is joyful.
In every person that has strong Christian faith, every person, it has started out small, like a mustard seed.
…Now here comes Jesus proclaiming a new kind of family defined as those who seek to do God’s will, regardless of their family or kinship background.
It is this confrontation with our own demise that has the power to jar us into dealing with the other great problem of our lived experience: namely sin and its consequences.
How able are we to see across the two sides of the veil?
And giving thanks is central to the practice of Christianity. As we celebrate our own abundance, we also recognize our role as stewards of God’s bounty, and we remember that we must be always mindful of the needs of others.
Jesus came to give us a new understanding of God.