The great I AM -

No matter where I AM ....

HE is the great I AM 

He is the great I am who saves us, He is the great I am who sanctifies us, He is the great I am who speaks to us, He is the great I am who sends us, He is the great I am who can use His willing servants for His glory! 

As I was preparing to leave my family and 4 year old Sarah Grace for seven days, I was casting my cares on Him and standing on God's promises and In my face book post I wrote "my family is in the palm of your hand no matter where I AM ...You are the great I AM! Sometimes I get too focused on where I am, or where I'm not, and lose sight that He is the great I AM! It was cool how I felt led to write this (full credit to the Holy Spirit!) and then my devotion the next morning was on how He is the great I AM ... Love how The Lord speaks to us and confirms and gives us peace! 

After a few days in Guatemala, I AM reminded I have been blessed ... with such a nice car which sadly has more amenities then many of these people here have at all.  I have the privilege of going to two dental cleanings per year.  I have a mansion of a home compared to these villages.  I have been blessed with an education.  I have so much "stuff" and food and electricity and the list goes on.  I AM so blessed.  I am reminded that God blesses us to be a blessing to others.

More importantly than the things of this world and the blessings He gives, I am in a relationship with Jesus Christ who has saved me, redeemed me, and restored me! He has given me a hope and a future!

It's sad because here lately I've been so consumed with where I AM ...  physically, emotionally, even spiritually.  These past few days, seeing all of these "least of these", mothers and children walking places because they have no vehicle; rotten teeth or no teeth; homes the size of my sunroom, villages with no electricity, there is no need to say any more.  I am blessed.  That is enough to take my focus OFF of where "I am" ...Who cares where I am... I know God cares where I am but He wants us to be with the great I am! With Him, with the least of these, loving on them, serving them, supporting them, helping build a preschool and school so that it can break the cycle of poverty, generational bondage.  More importantly prayers for them to come to know the great I am!

One person I would have loved to meet, a role model, Mother Teresa said:
"Sometimes I want to ask God why He allows poverty, famine, and injustice in the world when He could do something about it, but I’m afraid He might just ask me the same question."

Where am I?  What am I doing? What am I concerned about? What am I focused on?

I thought this was interesting from the I AM devotion that morning:

"Jesus is the I AM, the eternal all powerful LORD. Moses asked the Lord what was His name. The Lord answered, “I AM WHO I AM…Thus you shall say to the children of Israel, I AM has sent me to you” (Ex. 3:14, KJV).   The name LORD comes from the Hebrew verb “to be,” first person, repeated twice. When you say LORD, you are pronouncing twice, I AM I AM. God exists in Himself and by Himself.
Jesus used metaphors to tell people what He was like. Jesus said I am Bread…Light…Door…Good Shepherd…Resurrection…True Vine…etc. But Jesus was saying more than comparing Himself to bread that satisfied or a way to Heaven, etc.  Jesus was telling His listeners He was the LORD of the Old Testament. When the soldiers came to arrest Jesus, they asked, “Are you Jesus of Nazareth?” Jesus pulled aside His humanity and His glorious deity came bursting out. The soldiers fell backward to the ground in response. How will you respond to His awesome glory?"
(Prime Time with God devotions)

Lord - I AM I AM ....

He is the great I am who can save others through us, He is the great I am who can get these children in Guatemala sponsored through us, He is the great I am who can save their teeth through us giving! The great I am will use His servants, the ones who choose to serve Him and obey Him in the "no matter what" and as in Julie reminded us "anything Lord"! He is the great I am who will do His will with or without us, when we stand before Him I hope you and I will know, like really know, the great I am ! I hope the great I am will say "great job my faithful servant!"


How I am, where I am, who I am ... More importantly, how will I respond?
I am reminded
I am so blessed
I am focused on the wrong things
I am to GO wherever He sends me
I am to keep my eyes on the great I AM
I am to love the great I am by loving and serving others
I am reminded that He is in control
I am reminded that it's all for His glory!
More of the great I am and less of the I am !!!

Are you with the great I am? It doesn't matter where I am or where you are  ... as long as we are with the great I Am ... focused on the Lord of Lords and the King of Kings ... with the least of these, loving our neighbors, all of our neighbors, Christians, unbelievers, the gays, the ones in my home, the oppressed, my church family, our communities and all others to the ends of the earth.
May we all go ... go with Him, and make disciples!

And everyone who has left houses, brothers or sisters, father or mother, children, or fields because of My name will receive 100 times more and will inherit eternal life.

Matthew 19:29

this little girl didnt want her picture taken, but I wanted to remember her shoes ...please let me know if you are interested in sponsoring a child ...



I will never forget her teeth, although her smile is still contagious ... less of me and more of you Lord !











one of the villages we visited.





Sweet Allison ...