"I Am"

I've been cleaning off my HUGE, to the Ceiling STACK of things that have piled up on our bedroom dresser. (I still haven't figured out why I have this terrible habit of stacking things, but we'll save that for another discussion.)

The important thing is that today I ran across a little poem on a small slip of paper (probably a handout from one of Heather's YW teachers.) This is what it said (no author cited):

I Am
I was regretting the past
And fearing the future.
Suddenly my Lord was speaking:
"My Name is I AM"
He paused:

I waited. He continued.
"When you live in the past with all
your mistakes and regrets,
It's hard. I am not there.
My name is not, "I Was."

When you live in the future with its
dreams, problems, and fears,
I am not there.
My name is not, "I Will Be."

When you live in this moment,
handle challenges and successes
as they come, I am here.
My name is "I Am."

And though, as I think about it, when I think of my past and find the Savior has been an important part of it and look forward to the future with bright hope knowing He will continue to be an important part of it, this thought helps me realize that the only way I can keep Him as part of it is what I DO today.

Because the future is made up of yesterdays.
Yesterdays I am making right now.