Matthew 15:21-28 KJV
Then Jesus went thence, and departed into the coasts of Tyre and Sidon.
And, behold, a woman of Canaan came out of the same coasts, and cried unto him, saying, Have mercy on me, O Lord, thou Son of David; my daughter is grievously vexed with a devil.
But he answered her not a word. And his disciples came and besought him, saying, Send her away; for she crieth after us.
But he answered and said, I am not sent but unto the lost sheep of the house of Israel.
Then came she and worshipped him, saying, Lord, help me.
But he answered and said, It is not meet to take the children's bread, and to cast it to dogs.
And she said, Truth, Lord: yet the dogs eat of the crumbs which fall from their masters' table.
Then Jesus answered and said unto her, O woman, great is thy faith: be it unto thee even as thou wilt. And her daughter was made whole from that very hour.
I was thinking as I read this today that even crumbs are fine when they come from the Lord's table! Lazarus begged crumbs from the rich man. But they did not compare to the crumbs this woman received.
These crumbs consisted of
The praise of the Saviour,
"O woman great is thy faith..." What a blessing to be acknowledged in such a manner.
The answer to her need
Her daughter was healed that very hour.
Then Jesus went thence, and departed into the coasts of Tyre and Sidon.
And, behold, a woman of Canaan came out of the same coasts, and cried unto him, saying, Have mercy on me, O Lord, thou Son of David; my daughter is grievously vexed with a devil.
But he answered her not a word. And his disciples came and besought him, saying, Send her away; for she crieth after us.
But he answered and said, I am not sent but unto the lost sheep of the house of Israel.
Then came she and worshipped him, saying, Lord, help me.
But he answered and said, It is not meet to take the children's bread, and to cast it to dogs.
And she said, Truth, Lord: yet the dogs eat of the crumbs which fall from their masters' table.
Then Jesus answered and said unto her, O woman, great is thy faith: be it unto thee even as thou wilt. And her daughter was made whole from that very hour.
I was thinking as I read this today that even crumbs are fine when they come from the Lord's table! Lazarus begged crumbs from the rich man. But they did not compare to the crumbs this woman received.
These crumbs consisted of
The praise of the Saviour,
"O woman great is thy faith..." What a blessing to be acknowledged in such a manner.
The answer to her need
Her daughter was healed that very hour.
No long process of recovery
No nursing her back to health
No struggling with recurring symptoms of possession and laps back into her old ways
The use of her story in the preserved Word of GodYou can do what you want to with this, but not everything that happened in Jesus' life was recorded in the Holy Writ. That this is, is evidence of the importance of the episode.
If I can eat this type of crumbs; please let me have them every day!
The use of her story in the preserved Word of GodYou can do what you want to with this, but not everything that happened in Jesus' life was recorded in the Holy Writ. That this is, is evidence of the importance of the episode.
If I can eat this type of crumbs; please let me have them every day!
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