I am….

I am Eve….

  hungering for the next ripe fruit, 

  hiding from His presence, 

  struggling to make sense of it all,

  searching for any leaf big enough

to cover the nakedness I feel.

I am Adam and Eve…

  hearing the sound of God walking in the garden

  hiding from His presence, indeed

  knowing good and evil

  fearing the worst

           naked and afraid.

I am Jacob….

  fearing to confront the past

  trying to pacify myself and others

  wrestling, alone with man and God

  hoping desperately to overcome

           the sins of the past.

I am Jonah….

   running from God and His word, 

   fleeing by any means going the opposite way,

   catching a few winks hoping to escape it all, 

   awakening to questions I want to avoid.

And once again…

I am Jonah…

   grappling my way through world weariness, 

   struggling to stay alive in a world gone mad,

   praying as one sure to die, yet,

   longing and knowing, someday I will see His loving face.

I am the children of Israel….

  wandering the wilderness of sin, abuse and trauma, 

  searching for a trail that leads out of tangled briers of guilt, 

  molding my own idols that only lead to, 

    hungering and thirsting for the Great I Am.

I am Job….

  fearing God focused on doing His will,

  praying for my children, ‘greats’ and ‘great grands,’

  knowing how easy it is to curse God in our hearts, 

  grappling with the reality of life in this world.

Once again, I am Job….

  sitting in the ash heap of his sorrows, 

  pondering the ‘curse God and die’ advice,

  surrounding myself with friends trying to make sense of it all, 

  struggling, yet knowing..“though He slay me, yet I will trust Him.”

In my higher moments,

I am David…

  knowing you God, formed me in my mother’s womb,

  assuring myself by your word, that you, 

  knowing my thoughts in the making, are

  searching and leading me in the way everlasting.

I am Mary, the mother of Jesus…

  questioning, troubled, at such a word spoken, 

  pondering, yet willing to be his handmaiden, 

  wondering, not knowing what the future would hold, 

  surrendering to the Father’s will.

I am Mary, of Bethany… 

  sitting at the feet of Jesus, oblivious to chores undone, 

  clinging to His life-giving words, 

  knowing assuredly, beyond all doubt, I am

  choosing what is better and it won’t be taken away.

But You Lord God,  are “THE GREAT I AM,”

  Announcing to Moses, “I AM WHO I AM.”

   Declaring –  “this is my name forever.”

  Clarifying – “the name you shall call me by.”

  Assuring us all – it’s “from generation to generation.”

HE IS THE GREAT I AM!…and there is no other!

I am….

I am Eve….

  hungering for the next ripe fruit, 

  hiding from His presence, 

  struggling to make sense of it all,

  searching for any leaf big enough

to cover the nakedness I feel.

I am Adam and Eve…

  hearing the sound of God walking in the garden

  hiding from His presence, indeed

  knowing good and evil

  fearing the worst

           naked and afraid.

I am Jacob….

  fearing to confront the past

  trying to pacify myself and others

  wrestling, alone with man and God

  hoping desperately to overcome

           the sins of the past.

I am Jonah….

   running from God and His word, 

   fleeing by any means going the opposite way,

   catching a few winks hoping to escape it all, 

   awakening to questions I want to avoid.

And once again…

I am Jonah…

   grappling my way through world weariness, 

   struggling to stay alive in a world gone mad,

   praying as one sure to die, yet,

   longing and knowing, someday I will see His loving face.

I am the children of Israel….

  wandering the wilderness of sin, abuse and trauma, 

  searching for a trail that leads out of tangled briers of guilt, 

  molding my own idols that only lead to, 

    hungering and thirsting for the Great I Am.

I am Job….

  fearing God focused on doing His will,

  praying for my children, ‘greats’ and ‘great grands,’

  knowing how easy it is to curse God in our hearts, 

  grappling with the reality of life in this world.

Once again, I am Job….

  sitting in the ash heap of his sorrows, 

  pondering the ‘curse God and die’ advice,

  surrounding myself with friends trying to make sense of it all, 

  struggling, yet knowing..“though He slay me, yet I will trust Him.”

In my higher moments,

I am David…

  knowing you God, formed me in my mother’s womb,

  assuring myself by your word, that you, 

  knowing my thoughts in the making, are

  searching and leading me in the way everlasting.

I am Mary, the mother of Jesus…

  questioning, troubled, at such a word spoken, 

  pondering, yet willing to be his handmaiden, 

  wondering, not knowing what the future would hold, 

  surrendering to the Father’s will.

I am Mary, of Bethany… 

  sitting at the feet of Jesus, oblivious to chores undone, 

  clinging to His life-giving words, 

  knowing assuredly, beyond all doubt, I am

  choosing what is better and it won’t be taken away.

But You Lord God,  are “THE GREAT I AM,”

  Announcing to Moses, “I AM WHO I AM.”

   Declaring –  “this is my name forever.”

  Clarifying – “the name you shall call me by.”

  Assuring us all – it’s “from generation to generation.”

HE IS THE GREAT I AM!…and there is no other!

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