A few weeks back we studied Peter’s water walkin’. After the rescue, Jesus referred to Peter as “little-faith” and asked him to think about why he doubted. Nobody else has ever walked on water so it seems to me Peter’s faith was bigger than the faith of most people—even though it was small. The narrative this week takes us to another culture almost 60 miles away from the Sea of Galilee. The people of Tyre and Sidon were Gentiles and outside the scope of Jesus’ limited ministry. Mark 7 records that Jesus went into a house in that region to hide away for a while but His solitude was interrupted by a woman…a mom to be specific. Obviously Jesus’ reputation preceded Him and this woman was in serious need of help. Her daughter was demon-possessed and “grievously vexed.” Both Jesus and the disciples tried to put her off but she would not leave. On Sunday, we’ll study the exchange between them, it is beautiful. My point at this point however is what Jesus says to her at the end…He says, “O woman, great (mega) is your faith!” Peter had little faith but this Gentile woman had mega-faith. Why would He say that to her? What had she done? What did Peter think of that!? If we’re going to get beyond little faith I suggest we study this woman. I hate to give away the answers but I don’t know how many readers are also listeners. I’ll give you a clue…she had great faith because she believed in spite of plenty of good reasons not to. And our pal Peter failed to believe when he had every good reason to succeed. What does our “faith-meter” look like today? Little or Mega?