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Mark 7:25-26, 30 NLT
Right away a woman who had heard about him came and fell at his feet. Her little girl was possessed by an evil spirit, and she begged him to cast out the demon from her daughter. Since she was a Gentile, born in Syrian Phoenicia...
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And when she arrived home, she found her little girl lying quietly in bed, and the demon was gone.
Mark 7:25-26, 30 NLT
In between the 2 parts of the story here there is a dialogue between this woman and Jesus that is intriguing.
Jesus makes a statement, and the woman responds to his statement that seems to show that she gets the differences between them, that she knows what she is asking.
And when I "listen" to this dialogue I see a kind and inquiring Jesus.
Often we see Jesus stepping over cultural and religious boundaries to meet with people, and in this account it's this woman from Syria who steps towards Jesus. 
My wondering is that this story is here to get us, me, to think about what I am doing when I step towards Jesus.
Yes he is a person like me, but that's not all, he is more...
I am that Gentile, outsider, from somewhere else, stepping towards God Himself, and maybe sometimes He just checks in that I know what I'm doing, kindly, inquiringly.
And then there's the beautiful redemptive end - Jesus had already healed her daughter.
Jesus has already made a way for us. 
Everything is made new, we are just not experiencing it yet!
#gospelofMark #GoodNews 
#invitation #weareinaBigStory 

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