Devotion- Resilient Confidence

 

Matthew 15

 

She, a gentile woman

        Sought help from a male Rabbi

Her aching plea was met with silence

And then being labeled a dog

 

Her response to all of this 

        Shows a resiliently deep faith

She doesn’t disagree or walk away

        But answers with words of trust

 

When our life falls apart 

We too petition God

Sometimes the response we receive

        Feels like cosmic silence

 

Our heart aches while waiting

But we are willing to believe

That in some way and time

        God hears and God will respond

 

Living this way seems risky at best

        And to some even foolish

Because the answers that we get

        Are often not what we expected

 

However it is the love revealed 

        On a lonely cross

Which encourages a resilient confidence

        In God’s caring presence

        

When our wondering and asking here is done

        God’s answers will be revealed

In a place without tears and without pain

        And joy will be ours at last

A Devotion by Rev. Donald Schaefer, 

Northern Region Mission Engagement Facilitator