Oct 28.98: Light For The Day - "My Name Is I Am"

"God said to Moses, "I AM WHO I AM." ...
-- Exodus 3:14a

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I was regretting the past and fearing the future.
Suddenly my Lord was speaking:

"My name is I Am," He paused.
I waited. He continued.
"When you live in the past,
with its mistakes and regrets, 
it is hard. I am not there.

My name is not I Was.
When you live in the future,
with its problems and fears, 
it is hard, I am not there.

My name is not I Will Be.
When you live in this moment, 
it is not hard, I am here.

My name is I Am."

-- Helen Mallicoat 

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"Jesus Christ is the same yesterday 
and today and for ever."
-- Hebrews 13:8 (RSV)

"I am the Alpha and the Omega," 
says the Lord God, who is and who was 
and who is to come, the Almighty."
-- Revelation 1:8 

"Teach me to do Your will, 
for you are my God.
May your good Spirit
lead me on the level ground."
-- Psalm 143:10 (NIV)