That Syrophonecian woman

This weeks gospel reading is a hard reading. It is hard to justify what Jesus says to the Syrophonecian woman. It is hard to understand what this says about Jesus. So I offer this poem which might capture some of the spirit we see and hear in the Syrophonecian woman.

I asked God if it was okay to be melodramatic

and she said yes

I asked her if it was okay to be short

and she said it sure is

I asked her if I could wear nail polish

or not wear nail polish

and she said honey

she calls me that sometimes

she said you can do just exactly

what you want to

Thanks God I said

And is it even okay if I don’t paragraph

my letters

Sweetcakes, God said

who knows where she picked that up

what I’m telling you is

Yes Yes Yes

    (Kaylin Haught, “God Says Yes to Me,” from The Palm of Your Hand, 1995)

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Found on https://www.workingpreacher.org/craft.aspx?post=3679