Have you ever...

Have you ever had something hit you so squarely in the head that while you knew it before it suddenly became something brand new to you? Something you had never thought of before? It seems, and I hate this phrase but, it truly becomes a "No DUH!" moment for you?

As if it has suddenly become very personal to you. It is not something you know like you know tomorrow is Sunday but you know it in a whole new way. It has become quite unexpectedly a part of you. It has become marrow in your bones.

I am listening to Mark Schultz sing "I AM" and I am having one of those moments. This is not the first time I've heard the song but in a very real sense it is the first time. I know the "I AM" statements of Christ. I have heard them over and over, but this time it's different.

As if God Himself is whispering it to my soul, saying,
I AM....your.... .

He is my bread of life. He is my resurrection. He is the Light of my world. He is my Bright and Morning Star.

I AM the Maker of the Heavens
I AM the Bright and Morning Star
I AM the Breath of all Creation
Who always was
And is to come
I AM the One who walked on Water
I AM the One who calmed the seas
I AM the Miracles and Wonders
So come and see
And follow Me
You will know

I AM the Fount of Living Water
The Risen Son of Man
The Healer of the Broken
And when you cry
I AM your Savior and Redeemer
Who bore the sins of man.
The Author and Perfector
Beginning and the End
I AM

I AM the Spirit deep inside you
I AM the Word upon your heart
I AM the One who even knew you
Before your birth
Before you were

I AM the Fount of Living Water
The Risen Son of Man
The Healer of the Broken
And when you cry
I AM your Savior and Redeemer
Who bore the sins of man.
The Author and Perfector
Beginning and the End
I AM

Before the Earth (I AM)
The Universe (I AM)
In every heart (I AM)
Oh where you are (I AM)
The Lord of love (I AM)
The King of Kings (I AM)
The Holy Lamb (I AM)
Above all things

I AM the Fount of Living Water
The Risen Son of Man
The Healer of the Broken
And when you cry
I AM your Savior and Redeemer
Who bore the sins of man.
The Author and Perfector
Beginning and the End
I AM

Yes, I AM Almighty God your Father
The Risen Son of Man
The Healer of the broken
And when you cry
I AM your Savior and Redeemer
Who bore the sins of man
The Author and Perfecter
Beginning and the End
I AM

This is personal. He is all of that, TO ME!!!! All of His I AM statements scattered through out Scripture is for me! He is that to me. To me. He is my Almighty God. He is my Father. He is my Savior and Redeemer! He is my Bread, for my life. He is my light. He is my Healer. He is my Beginning and End. He is the One who calms my seas. He is the Miracle and Wonder worker in me. He is the Spirit deep inside me. He is my Living Word.

Poor little wretched beggar girl that I am,

MAN!!!! FOR ME!! TO ME!!! MAN!