The story about the woman with a flow of blood in Matthew:

‘While He spoke these things to them, behold, a ruler came and worshiped Him, saying, "My daughter has just died, but come and lay Your hand on her and she will live." So Jesus arose and followed him, and so did His disciples. And suddenly, a woman who had a flow of blood for twelve years came from behind and touched the hem of His garment. For she said to herself, "If only I may touch His garment, I shall be made well (sozo)." But Jesus turned around, and when He saw her He said, "Be of good cheer, daughter; your faith has made you well." And the woman was made well from that hour.’

And in Mark:

‘So Jesus went with him, and a great multitude followed Him and thronged Him. Now a certain woman had a flow of blood for twelve years, and had suffered many things from many physicians. She had spent all that she had and was no better, but rather grew worse. When she heard about Jesus, she came behind Him in the crowd and touched His garment; for she said, "If only I may touch His clothes, I shall be made well." Immediately the fountain of her blood was dried up, and she felt in her body that she was healed (iaomai - made whole/ healed)  of the affliction (scourge/ plague). And Jesus, immediately knowing in Himself that power (dunamis) had gone out of Him, turned around in the crowd and said, "Who touched My clothes?" But His disciples said to Him, "You see the multitude thronging You, and You say, 'Who touched Me?' " And He looked around to see her who had done this thing. But the woman, fearing and trembling, knowing what had happened to her, came and fell down before Him and told Him the whole truth. And He said to her, "Daughter, your faith has made you well. Go in peace, and be healed of your affliction."’

And in Luke:

So it was, when Jesus returned, that the multitude welcomed Him, for they were all waiting for Him. And behold, there came a man named Jairus, and he was a ruler of the synagogue. And he fell down at Jesus' feet and begged Him to come to his house, for he had an only daughter about twelve years of age, and she was dying. But as He went, the multitudes thronged Him. Now a woman, having a flow of blood for twelve years, who had spent all her livelihood on physicians and could not be healed by any (an incurable disease), came from behind and touched the border of His garment. And immediately her flow of blood stopped. And Jesus said, "Who touched Me?" When all denied it, Peter and those with him said, "Master, the multitudes throng and press You, and You say, 'Who touched Me?' “But Jesus said, "Somebody touched Me, for I perceived power going out from Me." Now when the woman saw that she was not hidden, she came trembling; and falling down before Him, she declared to Him in the presence of all the people the reason she had touched Him and how she was healed immediately. And He said to her, "Daughter, be of good cheer; your faith has made you well. Go in peace."

Her perspective is important, as she desired healing above all, she was desperate and showed courage and resolve in spite of having suffered many things at the hands of the physicians! No husband, or friend or family is mentioned, was she alone? Certainly she was ‘unclean’ and no access to intimacy or the Temple as she was still flowing with blood. We need to understand that she was probably very anaemic, as she has lost blood over 12 years and could not be healed in fact it is stated she grew worse. She became poor by seeing the physicians as she spent all her livelihood. This all means that she would be weak and short of breath, and could not manage walking long distances or intense physical exertion. She could not find spiritual food or personally make a sacrifice, she could not be a woman or wife of standing, and physically she was drained. She heard of Jesus and gained hope, and she decided to ‘push in’ against all odds. She needed all the resolve and courage that she had to do what she did. She had to have a plan and good timing as Jesus was thronged by the masses and on his way to Jairus’ home.  Somehow against the tide she made it into His presence, this while He was on His way, and somehow she touched the hem of His garment. Immediately the power of God hit her and the flow of blood stopped. She was cured of her disease, but was she made well?

We have to ask ourselves why Jesus insisted on identifying her when He knew full well who it was and why it happened. The job was not finished yet. And in asking we find another gem, His disciples touch Him and yet were untouched, as were the crowd who thronged to hear Him and to see Him perform. Yet in her persistence and determination, she made a spiritual connection. She had hoped to touch God privately, no one noticing or knowing and she would disappear as she came. But Jesus had more in mind. So if she was made well why did she fall at His feet fearing and trembling? Yes so many meet the Master and still fear, she discerned Him as Messiah but not as the Good Shepherd, Friend and Lover. In falling down she declared her own worth in His sight, “I am nothing, but a worm”; yet Jesus now completes the healing; “Daughter, be of good cheer; your faith has made you well. Go in peace.” As elsewhere, daughter of Abraham, woman of God’s covenant, one of His kingdom of priests (Ex.19:6), be of good cheer; ‘lighten up’ and ‘take courage’ go in the Shalom (peace) of God. And now she is fully healed! She is physically, emotionally and spiritually made well. Jesus exposed her to restore her fully; she would be the wonder of her community, touched by God, a living testimony of His healing and complete acceptance.