Faith That Astonishes

I love the Bible story in Matthew 8:5-13. It entails a beautiful encounter of a man of faith and Jesus. It tells of a centurion who came to Jesus on behalf of his servant, who he said was at home paralyzed. When Jesus asked to come and heal the servant, the centurion said that he was not worthy for Jesus to come to his home. He said that all Jesus had to do, was speak the Word, and his servant would be healed. He asked Jesus to speak the word, because he as a centurion/commander, understood what it was to be in authority and under authority as well. He said that when he told soldiers to go tha...