AUGUST 20, 2023
She was a woman like many. She would fight for her child, so she took on Jesus, the best known religious figure around.
Like someone taking on the minister for health or children over a medical card for a chronically ill child, and not letting them off the hook.
Jesus was testing her. He saw faith, but he wanted everyone else to see it.
She knew she fitted into the heart of Jesus simply because she was the mother of a sick child and believed he could help.
Even if he would cure everyone, maybe he would come back to her at the end. Jesus went further – he cured her child and praised her faith.
She is another of the unnamed people of the gospel. Like the woman of Samaria, the rich young man, the thief on Calvary – she is herself, and she is all of us. She is everyone, man and woman, of faith.
Faith in a surprising God who, in Jesus, his Son, never says no to goodness. Faith that keeps us energetic and alive, not tired, in soul as well as body.
Remember your feeling of gratitude for the children of your family.
Lord, I believe. Strengthen my faith.
