16th. Sunday after Pentecost - Does God ever change his mind?

This week in our Gospel reading, Mark 7:24-37,  we hear how a Gentile woman came to Jesus and asked Him to help her daughter, who was possessed by an impure spirit.
 
 Jesus told her to first let the children eat all they want, that it isn't right to give the children's bread to dogs, but she told Him that even the dogs eat the children's crumbs.
 
 And what are the "crumbs" of Jesus? What small part of the bread of life doesn't contain the fullness of life within it? Even the tiniest crumb, the faith the size of a mustard seed, was enough for Jesus to tell the woman that her daughter was healed.
 
 Has there ever been a time in your life when only a tiny crumb was all you had to sustain your faith?
 
 Was that tiny crumb enough to get you through the night?

Today's message was written and presented by Dr. Bruce Arnold.