Leaving that place, Jesus withdrew to the region of Tyre and Sidon. | ||
| 22 A Canaanite woman from that vicinity came to him, crying out, "Lord, Son of David, have mercy on me! My daughter is demon-possessed and suffering terribly." | ||
| 23 Jesus did not answer a word. So his disciples came to him and urged him, "Send her away, for she keeps crying out after us." | ||
| 24 He answered, "I was sent only to the lost sheep of Israel." | ||
| 25 The woman came and knelt before him. "Lord, help me!" she said. | ||
| 26 He replied, "It is not right to take the children's bread and toss it to the dogs." | ||
| 27 "Yes it is, Lord," she said. "Even the dogs eat the crumbs that fall from their master's table." | ||
| 28 Then Jesus said to her, "Woman, you have great faith! Your request is granted."And her daughter was healed at that moment. |
Monday, June 6, 2016
You Think You Know Someone
I ran across this story from the Bible a week ago, and I cannot figure out what to make of it. This Jesus doesn't square with the Jesus in my head. My Jesus isn't racist or snobby or into stonewalling desperate women. So I wanna know how it hits other people, how it makes you feel, and what I must be missing here. What do you make of this? 'Cause as Hillary says, it takes a village. Amen, sister. I know it does for me.
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