Today is Mine ... or is it?

Embracing my life today ... my now life ... my today life ... not the one I wish I had, but rather the one I have been given ... I want to do that, don't you? Otherwise, I end up fighting my own reality. 

And if God is I AM, the Eternal Present Tense Person, then the place I will experience Him is in my real, now, today life. So today is mine, but it's above all HIS! Because each day is a gift from God, my I AM.

I don't know about you, but I need to constantly revisit this truth. I'm so prone to project into the future and occasionally into the nostalgic days of the past. So here are two songs. The first is by Glenn Campbell, who recently went into the arms of His Savior who had said, "Before Abraham was, I Am." The second is by Mark Schultz, a brother still walking out his todays experiencing his Lord, his I Am. Enjoy both with me, dear friend, and embrace your today, experience the reality of the Living God wrapped up in your today.

Today Is Mine

When the sun came up this morning, I took the time to watch it rise
And as its beauty struck the darkness from the sky
I thought how small and unimportant all my troubles seem to be
And how lucky another day belongs to me
And as the sleepy world around me woke up to greet the day
All its silent beauties seemed to say
So what my friend, if all your dreams you haven't realized
Just look around you, you've got a whole new day to try
Today is mine, today is mine to do with what I will
Today is mine, my own special cup to fill
To die a little that I might learn to live, to take from life that I might learn to give
Today is mine

Like most men I cursed the present, void of peace of mind
And raise my thoughts beyond tomorrow, envision there a sweeter time
But as I view this day around me, I can see the fool I've been
For today's the only garden we can tend
Today is mine... 

I Am

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

[Chorus:]
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 perfecter
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

[Chorus]

Before the Earth (I am)
The universe (I am)
In every heart (I am)
Oh, where you are (I am)
The Lord of lords (I am)
The King of Kings (I am)
The Holy lamb (I am)
Above all things

[Chorus]

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