For the Love of Us All

I THINK I WOULD FALL DOWN

Imaging this

In today’s world

A great man---a Holy Reverent man

Is in your town

And in a parade---on foot

You are well off

A tax collector---working for the government

Or perhaps a CPA

You are a short man

And you cannot see

This Holy Reverent man

So you run away

And climb a tree

So that you can see

As this Holy Man

Passes by you he says,

“Zacchaeus, come down immediately

I want to stay in your house tonight”

You have this bad reputation

Because you are a tax collector

And all the people

Begin to talk about you

You are in awe

That he chose you

To come to your house and stay

You think,

“Why me?”

I don’t know about you

But I think

I would be so stunned

That I would fall down

I would fall

Right out of the tree

You are so touched

That this Holy Man

Has chosen you,

That you say,

               “ Lord, here and now

                  I give all of my possessions

                  To the poor,

                  If I have cheated anyone

                  I will pay back 4x the amount”                                             1 Luke 19:8

Jesus said to Zacchaeus,

                “Today, salvation has come to this house

                  Because this man, too

                  Is a Son of Abraham

                  For the Son of Man came to seek

                  And to SAVE what was lost”                                               1 Luke 19:9&10

Robert P. Wallman

6-28-11