Reflection of the week

Posted Aug 16, 2017 in Faith

I have to admit that I am drawn to people who look like me, think like me, and worship as I do. The conversation between Jesus and the Canaanite woman (Matthew 15:10-28) challenges me to review my attitude to those I consider to be ‘outsiders’. At first, Jesus rejected her right to the Good News on the grounds of her ethnicity, but her faith impressed him, so that he did not deny her request. I notice that Jesus didn’t ask her to convert or change before granting her healing. It was enough that she had faith. The Gospel is for everyone, and it is not for me to judge them or change people, but to love them.

Prayer

May I look at strangers through your eyes Lord, and love them as you love them. In your name Lord, I pray. Amen.

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