As we near the end of this series (one more week to go), this week’s passage is not about one person’s life being changed but two — two daughters whose stories are intermingled. The first woman we look at is the woman who suffered an abnormal period that lasted 12 long years — that is until she was healed and called a ‘daughter’ by Jesus. The second was a young girl, the daughter of Jairus, who died before Jesus reached her, only to then be raised back to life. The first woman’s story is sandwiched in Luke’s gospel by the story of the second. Both the woman with the issue of blood and Jairus, the father of the little girl, had to press into Jesus and not let the crowd choke out their faith. When each came to Jesus, Jesus’ power to save — his power to both heal and restore — was released into their lives. Will we do the same? That is the question we take away.