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Jesus and it was her faith coupled with the grace to

Greek), even though Jesus doesn’t separate race, but

push through the crowd that healed her.

this woman had great faith she was focused on Jesus

As I pondered on these two individuals, I asked

and not on the reference to her culture.

myself, where have I removed my focus from Christ

When we harbour internal wounds we find it difficult

to?

to focus and move forward, we find it difficult to

Immediately I was reminded about another story of
the Gentile woman who showed her faith when she
asked Jesus to heal her daughter of an unclean spirit;
the woman was a Greek by birth and she kept asking
Him to cast out the demon out of her daughter.
Jesus response was let the children be filled first, for it
is not good to take the children’s bread and throw it to
the little dogs.
She answered and said to Jesus Yes Lord, even the
little dogs under the table eat from the children’s
crumbs.

receive love and forgive others of the hurt they have
inflicted on us, in other words we take our focus away

from God and on the issue, and as we focus on the
hurt we live in the reflection of that pain, we become
stagnant.
This woman’s faith was so great she wasn’t interested
in the perceived culture divide, but only in the Healer
Jesus.
I believe that God was using this question to get my
attention, to renew my mind set and to focus on Him.
He will use whoever He will to bless me, I am not

called to look for who God is using, but to keep
In response to what she said, Jesus healed her

focused on Him and He will do the rest.

daughter
If you’re reading this article, Jesus is asking you
This woman could have reacted to Jesus’ in how He

today, Do You Want to Be