"I" - Wanting Something More

"I am not what I ought to be. I am not what I want to be. I am not what I hope to be. But still, I am not what I used to be. And by the grace of God, I am what I am." - John Newton

 "I" is a term we, the general population, use heavily. Looking back on papers that I have written for high school and college, I have found that writing without the word "I" sounds lifeless and academic (not a bad thing in those settings of course). However, I also found that, as I looked at previous blog posts and I thought about my daily interaction with people, that "I" is the most common word that I say. This would make since as I know the more about myself and my experiences than anyone else and I know what I have lived through and, thus, can share it. It would also make since because everyone likes to talk about themselves at some level. However, many people wants to hear only about themselves. If this is the way I come across to the general public, if I talk only about myself, how is the general public hearing about God from me? They aren't.

After realizing that "I" is a very large commonly used, one-letter-word in my vocabulary, I wondered what it would be like to cut out the word "I" for a day. Instead, if every time I wanted to talk about myself, I talked about God what would happen? God would work wonders through me and shine His light through me.


I will try this tomorrow, 12/19/2011; I will not talk about me... I hope this works....



"I" Papers
Okie-Booklady Blog

I said, "God, I hurt."
And God said, I know."

I said, "God, I cry a lot."
And God said, "That is why I gave you tears."

I said, "God, I am so depressed."
And God said, "That is why I gave you Sunshine."

I said, "God, life is so hard."
And God said, "That is why I gave you loved ones."

I said, "God, my loved one died."
And God said, "So did mine."

I said, "God, it is such a loss."
And God said, I saw mine nailed to a cross."

I said, "God, but your loved one lives."
And God said, "So does yours."

I said, "God, where are they now?"
And God said, "Mine is on My right and yours is in the Light."

I said, "God, it hurts."
And God said, I know."

Posted on the wall at the
Oklahoma City bombing site
by K. C. and Myke Kuzmic
Stockton, CA