I Am Because I Am!

STRAIGHT FROM THE HEART

I am because I am! I exist and need no justification whatsoever for my existence. The fact of my being is enough. I require no terms, conditions or permits from myself or anyone else. I live and in living I am fully entitled to go on living. My life, my existence, my being is not predicated on standards, values and achievements. I am not because of the books I read, not the course I take up, not the things I like, not the views I adhere to, nor the family I have - I a with or without these.

These things and people are not me! I do not exist because of them. Relative to my life they exist because of me. While they may give me satisfaction, they in no way justify my existence. In my life's frame of reference, I justify theirs. They are a function of me. I am not a function of them.

An open letter from a son to his father

E-mail from God

As you got up this morning, I watched you and hoped you would talk to me, even if it was just a few words, asking my opinion or thanking me for something good that happened in your life yesterday-but I noticed you were too busy trying to find the right outfit to put on and wear to work.

I waited again. When you ran around the house getting ready, I knew there would be a few minutes of you to stop and say hello, but you were too busy. At one point, you had to wait fifteen minutes with nothing to do except sit on a chair. Then I saw you spring to your feet. I thought you wanted to talk to me, that is why you did not bow your head. You glanced three to four tables over and you noticed some of your friends talking to me briefly before they ate, but you didn't. That's okay.

There is still more time left. And I have hoped that you will talk to me, yet you went home and it seems you had lots of things to do. After a few of them were done, you turned on the TV or not just about anything goes there and you spent a lot of time each day in front of it, not thinking about anything, just enjoy the show. I waited patiently again as you watched TV and ate your meal but again you didn't talk to me.

Bedtime I guess you felt too tired. After you said good night to your family, you plopped into bed and fell asleep in no time. That's okay because you may not realize that I am always there for you. I've got patience more than you will ever know. I even want to teach you how to be patient with others as well. I LOVE YOU SO MUCH that I wait every day for a nod, prayer or thought or a thankful part of your heart.

It is hard to have a one-sided conversation. Well, you are getting up again and once again I will wait with nothing but love for you, hoping that you will give me some time. Have a nice day.

your friend,
GOD