How do you amaze Jesus?

Been thinking about blogging lately, just to have an outlet. Homeschooling is awesome, but sometimes I need to get "out of the house".

We've had a few bumps in the road this week - some job stress (who doesn't have this, right?) and sickness, and family members who have lost loved ones. I had a conversation with my mom yesterday about believing God. It was a bad day, and I was having trouble believing in God on somethings. Mom encouraged me to test Him. To ask Him to show me that He is faithful.

This morning as we read our devotionals -

Matthew 8:5-13 (New International Version)

The Faith of the Centurion 5When Jesus had entered Capernaum, a centurion came to him, asking for help. 6"Lord," he said, "my servant lies at home paralyzed and in terrible suffering."
7Jesus said to him, "I will go and heal him."
8The centurion replied, "Lord, I do not deserve to have you come under my roof. But just say the word, and my servant will be healed. 9For 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."
10When Jesus heard this, he was astonished and said to those following him, "I tell you the truth, I have not found anyone in Israel with such great faith. 11I say to you that many will come from the east and the west, and will take their places at the feast with Abraham, Isaac and Jacob in the kingdom of heaven. 12But the subjects of the kingdom will be thrown outside, into the darkness, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth."
13Then Jesus said to the centurion, "Go! It will be done just as you believed it would." And his servant was healed at that very hour.


Talk about faith. That Roman Officer didn't just accept Jesus' offer to come and heal his servant. He went as far as to say"Lord I am not worthy to have you come to my home. Just say the word from here, and my servant will be healed." It goes on to say that when Jesus heard this, he was AMAZED. I'm asking God today to give me that kind of faith - I am so unworthy -but He is - even when I question Him - He is faithful to me. I want to amaze Him.