Jeremiah 31:1-7 / Matthew 15:21-28
Most of the characters in the gospel are not identified by their names.
Usually they are identified either by gender or by status or by profession or by nationality.
But what can be surprising is that some of the most astounding encounters of Jesus are with persons who were not identified by name.
In the gospel is one such encounter of Jesus with a Canaanite woman.
At the end of the encounter, Jesus affirmed that woman of her faith and also granted her request.
But that unnamed Canaanite woman also taught us a simple powerful prayer.
That woman came up to Jesus and knelt at His feet and pleaded: Lord, help me.
That simple gesture of coming up to Jesus and kneeling at His feet and pleading with Him with just three simple words should inspire us to do likewise whenever we are in difficulty and in need.
We must come before Jesus and kneel before Him with the simple prayer "Lord, help me."
May the Lord Jesus take pity on us and look at our humble faith and grant us what we need.