A Ro­man cen­tu­ri­on sought out the Lord:
My ser­vant is suf­fer­ing, but just give the word!
For I have au­tho­ri­ty; you have it, too.
I know he’ll be well with a bless­ing from you.

Then Je­sus re­spond­ed to those who were near,
There’s not, in God’s peo­ple, the faith I’ve found here.
And some­day God’s king­dom will bring a sur­prise
With out­sid­ers in and the heirs left out­side.

The Lord sent him home and it soon was re­vealed
That just at that mo­ment, the ser­vant was healed.
That out­sid­er saw it; may we see it, too:
That Christ has the pow­er to make our lives new.