Who Is He To You?

I heard this at a young adult retreat a few years ago, and I'm still quite found of it, so I thought I would share it will you all (or should that be y'all).

Let us call the roll of some of the professions:
To artists, He is the One altogether lovely.
To architects, He is the Chief Cornerstone.
To physicians, He is the Great Physician.
To preachers, He is the Word of God.
To philosophers, He is the Wisdom of God.
To the dying, He is the Resurrection and the Life.
To geologists, He is the Rock of ages.
To farmers, He is the Lord of the harvest.
To professors, He is the Master Teacher.
To prodigals, He is the forgiving Father.
To the lost sheep, He is the Good Shepherd.
To thirsty souls, He is the Water of life.
To the hungry, He is the Bread of life.
To philanthropists, He is God's Unspeakable Gift.
Nineteen centuries after His sojourn on earth, His shadow is larger and
growing larger than ever before. No one can measure His height or His
influence.

(Herbert Gabhart in a message given at the Union University in Jackson, TN, January 1952 as cited in The Book of Jesus, Calvin Miller, ed., p. 43).