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

DECEMBER 20^th, 2012

GOD HAS A PLAN

Your plan may fail

Your plan

May not get you through

If that happens

God has a plan

A plan

That’s bigger than you

God has a plan

That is perfect

God has a plan

That is true

God has a plan

That is bigger

A plan that is

Bigger than you

God has a master plan

A plan

That is bigger than you

Robert P. Wallman

8-10-06

Ps        “Then Job replied to the Lord:

            “I know that you can do all things

             No PLAN of yours can be thwarted”                                                     Job 42:1-2

            “Do not those who plot evil go astray

              But those who PLAN what is good

              Find love and faithfulness”                                                             Proverbs 14:22

            “In him we were also chosen-having been predestined

             According to the PLAN of him who works out everything

             In conformity with the purpose of his will

             In order that we-who were the first to HOPE in Christ

             Might be for the praise of his glory”                                           Ephesians 1:11-12

           

DECEMBER 19^th, 2012

SING A SONG OF LOVE

Make a wrong-right

Do something for someone else

Sing a new song

Sing a song of love

Sing a song of kindness

The world is such a mess

Maybe it’s time

To try a new way

A new way of love

A new way

Of looking at the world

What would be the harm

Could this world get any worse

Don’t sing a song of hatred

Sing a song of love

Don’t sing a song

Of rape and murder

Sing a song of love

Don’t sing a song of child abuse

Sing a song of loving our children

Sing a song of love

Make a wrong-RIGHT

Do something for someone else

Sing a song of love

Sing a SONG OF LOVE

Robert P. Wallman

6-05-06

Ps      The Lord said to Moses:  “Now write down for yourselves

          This SONG and teach it to the Israelites and have them sing it

          So that it may be a WITNESS for me against them”                

          Deuteronomy 31:19

          “He put a new SONG in my mouth-a hymn of praise to our God

            Many will see and fear- and put their trust in the Lord”

            Psalm 40:3

          “Sing to the Lord a new SONG

           Sing to the Lord all the earth

           Sing to the Lord praise his name

           Proclaim his salvation day after day”                                  Psalm 96:1-2

           

KNOWLEDGE AND ARROGANCE

Have you ever been around

Someone who is arrogant

Someone-who knows it all

Who KNOWS everything

Knowledge is great

But these people can be tedious

So full of their own self-importance

It is knowledge of God

And God’s ways

That are most important

“Granted

But they were broken off

Because of unbelief

And you stand by FAITH

Do not be arrogant

But be afraid

For if God

Did not spare the natural branches

He will not

Spare you either”                                                                     Romans 11:20

PUT ON THE KNOWLEDGE OF GOD

“The fear of the Lord

Is the beginning of knowledge

But fools

Despise wisdom and discipline”                                               Proverbs 1:7

Living off the knowledge of man

Put on

The knowledge of God

“We know that

We all possess knowledge

Knowledge puffs up

BUT LOVE BUILDS UP

The man

Who thinks he knows something

Does not yet know

As he ought to know

But the man

WHO LOVES GOD

IS KNOWN BY GOD”                                                                 1 Corinthians 8:1-3

Knowledge puffs up

Love puffs up

LOVE GOD

LOVE OTHERS

“And I pray that you

Being rooted and established in love

May have power

Together with all the saints

To grasp how wide and long

And high and deep

IS THE LOVE OF CHRIST

And to know this love

That surpasses knowledge-

-That you may be filled

To the measure

Of ALL the fullness of God”                                                              Ephesians 3:17-19

All earthly knowledge

Is somewhat arrogant

If used to rely on oneself

But godly knowledge

In humility

Is built upon

TOTAL dependency on God

Knowledge puffs up

LOVE BUILDS UP

Love God

Love others

This is the knowledge

That is built

ON GOD’S  OWN WORDS

Robert P. Wallman

9-10-12

DECEMBER 18^th, 2012

IF

If God can accept me

The way that I am

Why can’t you

If God can love me

The way that I am

Why can’t you

If God can forgive me

The way that I am

Why can’t you

If we are ALL God’s children

And God can

Love me the way that I am

Why oh why can’t you

WHY CAN’T YOU

Robert P. Wallman

8-04-06

Ps        “The Lord has heard my cry for mercy

              The Lord ACCEPTS my prayer”                                      Psalm 6:9

            “I tell you the truth-whoever ACCEPTS anyone

             That I send-ACCEPTS me

             And whoever ACCEPTS me

             ACCEPTS the one who sent me”                                    John 13:20

            “ACCEPT one another-then-just as Christ ACCEPTED you

              In order to bring praise to God”                                              Romans 15:7

DECEMBER 17^th, 2012

FAILURE

I have been a failure

In this world

In every walk of life

But when I was down

While I was out

I learned

Through the school of hard knocks

I learned what is important

It’s God

I learned what is important

It’s love

I learned what’s important

It’s kindness

I learned what’s important

It’s mercy and forgiveness

I still go

The school of hard knocks

I know I will never graduate

Because there is no end to them

I did learn a few things

Along the way

But I still go to

The school of hard knocks

It’s a hard knock life

But I learned

A few things along the way

Learn what’s important

It’s a hard-knock life

Robert P. Wallman

6-15-06

Ps        For ALL of us facing overwhelming challenges

           “No man is a FAILURE who has friends”

            The angel Clarence to George Bailey in, “IT’S A WONDERFUL LIFE”

And while we may be a failure by the world’s standards, we ARE NEVER

A failure with GOD-as long as we continue to try

“I will maintain my love to him forever

My covenant with him will NEVER FAIL”                                 Psalm 89:28

“But my salvation will last forever

My righteousness will NEVER FAIL”                                       Isaiah 51:6

DECEMBER 16^th, 2012

A HEART IN THE RIGHT PLACE

We all have problems

We all have difficulties

But we can overcome it all

We can keep pace

We can overcome it all

With a heart

In the right place

A heart

In the right place

Can give our heart

A shove

A heart in the right place

Can even lead to love

A heart

In the right place

Can overcome it all

A heart

In the right place

Can pick us up

Even when we fall

We can overcome it all

With

A heart in the right place

Robert P. Wallman

8-08-06

Ps        Your heart is your CENTER-figuratively-the part that gives you your direction

“Create in me a CLEAN HEART-Oh God- and

Renew a steadfast spirit within me”                                                               Psalm 51:10

“Above all else-guard your HEART

For it is the wellspring of life”                                                                       Proverbs 4:23