Long time no blog........

I am reading a book called "I am not..but I know...I AM" by Louie Giglio that is helping to remind me that this life is not the story of "me" but really the story of God...it is very scary how we get so caught up in "me".....it burdens my heart.

I have a bad habit of reading the last pages of the book when I get to the middle....I dont know why. I can resist it in the beginning but for some reason when I am enjoying the book so much once I hit that middle section....to the last chapter I go. Anyway I was happy that I did it last night because these encouraging last pages are what my heart needed last night....and without fail AGAIN (and again and again) God knew it! These so simple but so true statements made by Giglio were so much more than simple words to me last night...they were God our one and only TRUE Father speaking to me....while billions of His other children cry out to Him...He drew near to me..and gave me just what I needed.

So to spoil your reading if you ever choose to read this book....here is the end of the story...God's story.......

And in the days to come, when you're questioning, needing, searching, wondering, asking, and struggling, you will find His sufficiency at the end of every desperate prayer. When you cry out all the things that you are not, you’ll know His answer is “I AM”. For every cry there is one Answer:

I need help.
I AM

I need hope.
I AM

Who could possible be smart enough to figure this out?
I AM

What works?
I AM

What lasts?
I AM

What’s the latest thing?
I AM

What’s the hippest thing?
I AM

I need a fresh start.
I AM

I need a bigger story.
I AM

My vision in bigger than my resources.
I AM

Nothing’s real anymore.
I AM

Who can I trust?
I AM

I’m not sure who’s on my team.
I AM

Nobody’s listening to me.
I AM


I don’t have a prayer.
I AM

My marriage is sinking and I don’t know where to turn.
I AM

I can’t hold on.
I AM

My kids deserve more.
I AM

I’m pouring into others, who’s pouring into me?
I AM

If we fail, who will get the job done?
I AM

I’m not sure why I’m here.
I AM

I’ve given all I can give and it’s not enough.
I AM

I’m tired.
I AM

I quit.
I AM

I can’t.
I AM

I need a drink.
I AM

I need a fix.
I AM

I need a lover.
I AM

Someone just hold me.
I AM

And what does this great I AM say of Himself? He says to you and to me: “I am the way, I am the truth, and I am the life. I am the resurrection and the life. I am Savior. I am Jesus-the solution, the restorer, the builder, the answer, the Wise One, The Coming One, The Mighty One. I am the Lord and there is no other. I am God and there is none besides Me. I am the First and the Last. I am Alpha and Omega. I am the Beginning and the End. I am the Lord, that is My name, and I will not give My glory to another, or any of My praise to idols. I AM THAT I AM, and that is my name-My memorial name to every single generation.”

I am not,

JD