Faith's Touch, Faith's Wonder Poem by Tan Pratonix

FAITH ‘S TOUCH, FAITH'S WONDER

‘That I might touch the hem of His garment,
Reach down and touch the tassel of blue.'
Breaking the stern Levitical commandment
Which declared her defiled and under a curse
[Leviticus 15, dreaded twenty-fifth verse],
She stooped and touched - and oh the feeling
Of coming out of a grave, of instant healing,
The flow arrested, and resurrection health!

Those painful years of perpetual pleading
With Jewish physicians, adept in bleeding
Patients to death; broken and bleeding,
She had lost all her wealth.
She stooped and touched... lo, her heart was reeling,
Cascades of joy at the miracle of healing!

She came and fell at the feet of the Lord
[Jesus, Saviour, Healer, God! ];
Narrated her story, fearing and trembling,
The terrible years of quacksalving remembering,
Tears of joy she could not arrest. The disciples' blunder,
Ignorant of faith's touch, faith's wonder,
Unable to grasp the Lord's benediction:
'Your faith has healed you; be healed of your affliction! '

Tom Prato/Tan Pratonix