Persistent Faith

This woman would just not give up. The woman employed every tool at her disposal. She kept crying out so that she could not be ignored. She used the Jewish title, "Son of David," for Jesus showing that she understood his Messianic role. She humbly knelt before Jesus in obeisance and called him "Lord." She parried his seeming dismissive words with the theological insight that God's intention was also to bless the Gentiles (the dogs that eat the crumbs). This was a persistent and insightful and godly Canaanite woman and Jesus knew it. He marvelled at her great faith in him. He could not resist it. And he miraculously healed her daughter.