Tim - Luke 7 (Our friend Steven!)

Luke 7

The Faith of the Centurion

¹ When Jesus had finished saying all this to the people who were listening, he entered Capernaum. ² There a centurion’s servant, whom his master valued highly, was sick and about to die. ³ The centurion heard of Jesus and sent some elders of the Jews to him, asking him to come and heal his servant. ⁴ When they came to Jesus, they pleaded earnestly with him, “This man deserves to have you do this, ⁵ because he loves our nation and has built our synagogue.” ⁶ So Jesus went with them.
He was not far from the house when the centurion sent friends to say to him: “Lord, don’t trouble yourself, for I do not deserve to have you come under my roof. ⁷ That is why I did not even consider myself worthy to come to you. But say the word, and my servant will be healed. ⁸ For I myself am a man under authority, with soldiers under me. I tell this one, ‘Go,’ and he goes; and that one, ‘Come,’ and he comes. I say to my servant, ‘Do this,’ and he does it.”
⁹ When Jesus heard this, he was amazed at him, and turning to the crowd following him, he said, “I tell you, I have not found such great faith even in Israel.” ¹⁰ Then the men who had been sent returned to the house and found the servant well!

Our good, family friend, Steven Bosworth suffered a brain aneurysm this week.  We were stunned.  Yesterday Tim was able to pull his "Pastor" card and visit him in ICU at the UofM, he is doing great and he is a true miracle!!!

Our family  had the cool privilege of praying with Steven this morning on speaker phone before we started our day.   Tim shared with him the scripture we read this morning and how much it reminded us of him!  For those of you who know Steven like we do the story describes his humility, serventhood and GREAT FAITH perfectly.   Steven just stands out from the rest.  He has served more than anyone of us every dream of serving and we see God's favor on his body now - a divine touch from above we know.   Tim cried as he read this scripture this morning because he said truly he experienced what the men did in this scripture when he went to the hospital "they returned to the house and FOUND THE SERVANT WELL".

We are praising the Lord this morning for our dear friend's life.  Kadin prayed that God would touch Steven's body so that he can ride his bike again real soon.  We love you Steven!