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I Am


I babysit my two grandsons, twice a week, early in the morning while Mom is still at work and Dad leaves for work.  While there, I noticed a book of poems that my grandson, Jaden, had written last year in 3rd grade.  One was a simile poem and he compared his little brother to a buffalo!   How insightful!  The poem made me laugh out loud - what a talented young man he is!  Anyway, I digress - another of his poems was entitled, "I Am".  He wrote about himself, his fears, his thoughts, etc.

I thought about what I would write if I wrote an “I Am” poem.   What sums me up?  Shows my character - who I am deep inside, where only I (and God) knows?  This is what I came up with:

I AM DEBI
I am Debi.

I am loved and forgiven.

I pray I am the woman God has called me to be.

I am fearful of loneliness.

I yearn for peace and contentment.

I am Debi.

I fill myself with The Truth.

I know heaven is my home.

I want my witness to live on in generations to come.

I am empty but fully redeemed.

I want to surrender all to my Savior.

I am Debi.

Of course, the Great I Am, has a poem of His own too – His Word.  I took a summation of all the I Am’s and put them together like this:

I AM WHO I AM

 
I AM WHO I AM.

I am the Great I Am.

I am the Alpha and the Omega, the beginning and the end.

I love and forgive.

I am the Triune God, the Father, Son and Holy Spirit.

I AM WHO I AM.

I am Creator, Redeemer and Savior.

I am The Truth, the Way, the Light of the World.

I love you so much I sent My Son to die for you.

I am holy and perfect.

I Am forever.

I Am, God.

God named Himself, the Great I Am – Exodus 3 says:

Moses said to God, “Suppose I go to the Israelites and say to them, ‘The God of your fathers has sent me to you,’ and they ask me, ‘What is His name?’.  Then what shall I tell them?”  God said to Moses, “I AM WHO I AM.  This is what you say to the Israelites:  ‘I AM’ has sent me to you.”

God also said to Moses, “Say to the Israelites, ‘The Lord, the God of your fathers – the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac and the God of Jacob – has sent me to you.’  This is My name forever, the name by which I am to be remembered from generation to generation.

The footnote in my Bible (NIV, Concordia Self-Study) says:

The name by which God wished to be known and worshipped in Israel – I AM – the name that expressed His character as the dependable and faithful God Who desires the full trust of His people.

Dear Lord, remind us WHO You are - how great You are and how worthy You are of our trust.  Help all of us to be who You created us to be, trusting you with our all.  Open the eyes of our hearts, Lord -  In Jesus' Name, Amen.

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