The WHOLE TRUTH............

Speaking the Whole Truth is tough.  Not because we don't know the whole truth, but because we don't want others to know the Whole Truth.....especially about ourselves.  We don't want to have to say aloud what we did and what we did not do....not unless we can add excuses and explanations.

Think about it: having to own up to the truth about what we have done (yes, that includes that incident) and what we haven't done (yes, we can sin by not doing anything sometimes).  The Whole Truth is simply too much to say and too much to hear, and it leaves us too vulnerable.

So like the woman with the 12 year flow of blood, we try to sneak up behind Jesus and snatch out a hand to touch the hem of his garment and be relieved of our bleeding - that sinking sensation that we are less than we hoped we were and a lot more capable of nastiness than we wanted to imagine.  Jesus heals that woman who sneaked up from behind.....but he invited her to take the next step, to come forward and tell the Whole Truth.  It was then that she received a healing that made her whole and granted her salvation.

It was then that she lost her anonymity and became "Daughter".

So, now you know why you might want to risk telling the whole truth.  Then you can move from a simple healing, to a wholeness of person, to a relationship with God.  Then you can be called "Son" and "Daughter."

Pray about it.  Jesus is waiting for you.