Don’t Let A Few Scraps Turn You Away….

God’s compassion extends to all people; all creeds, races, male or female, black or white, slave or free, and Jew or Gentile. God shows no favoritism. We are all significant. Sometimes it just takes some fortitude to prove it to ourselves. The Syrian-Phoenician woman is proof of God’s mercy and grace being extended beyond one group of people. She loved her daughter, so she wasn’t afraid to approach Jesus and ask Him to heal her. This shows what true love can do, on both sides of the spectrum. God’s compassion is just one simple, honest prayer/conversation away. Don’t let a few scraps turn you away from enjoying the satisfying morsels of God’s Grace. Experience it today by setting aside your pride and pulling up a chair to the table of the Lord.

24 Then Jesus left Galilee and went north to the region of Tyre. He didn’t want anyone to know which house He was staying in, but He couldn’t keep it a secret. 25 Right away a woman who had heard about Him came and fell at His feet. Her little girl was possessed by an evil spirit, 26 and she begged Him to cast out the demon from her daughter.Since she was a Gentile, born in Syrian Phoenicia, 27 Jesus told her, “First I should feed the children–My own family, the Jews. It isn’t right to take food from the children and throw it to the dogs.”28 She replied, “That’s true, Lord, but even the dogs under the table are allowed to eat the scraps from the children’s plates.”29 “Good answer!” He said. “Now go home, for the demon has left your daughter.”30 And when she arrived home, she found her little girl lying quietly in bed, and the demon was gone. Mark 7:24-30