The Centurion That We Never Meet

The Centurion that we never meet
sends wave after wave
of delegate forces
to approach the Lord.

“He is worthy,” say the elders
“because of his gifts and his offerings;
please heal his honored slave
because of what he has done on our behalf.”

But now come his friends,
those sent to speak on his behalf.
“I am not worthy, not worthy at all,
but I understand the command;
When I speak, it is done.
And if you say the word
my little one can be saved.”

 Jesus, straight from his Sermon on the Plain,
 is amazed by this Centurion he never meets.
“Not even in Israel is such faith to be found.”

Luke 7: 1 - 10