John 4:49

The nobleman saith unto him, Sir, come down ere my child die.

The nobleman did not pretend to a faith he did not have, but only poured out the agony of a broken heart before the only one who he knew could help. Such an outpouring of human sorrow was not lost upon "the Man of Sorrows." The faith that falls down before the Lord and pours the soul's agony at his feet is always the beginning of something better, as it proved here.