Daily Butter 9/2: The I

 My little addition to Our Daily Bread (9/2/11):

    even there Your hand will lead me;
    Your right hand will hold on to me.

    (Psalm 139:10 HCSB)

This passage always reminds me of the “I” of the “TULIP” acronym for the five points of Calvinism I learned in church history in college. For true adherents, it stands for “irresistible grace,” but since I don’t completely hold that perspective, I prefer to think of it as “inescapable grace.” I look back on my spiritual journey and, while there were times that I stubbornly chose my own path, I can still see His hand through it all. Though not always noticeable at the time, the 20/20 view of hindsight reveals that He was there all along; sometimes answering my parents’ prayers by protecting me in spite of my poor choices and other times answering my prayers by directing me into correct choices. I have no doubt that He has brought me to the place I am supposed and the lessons from all the past adventures have shaped me into the man I need to be for the adventures that lie ahead.

I am who I am because He is who He is. He remains the indestructible, indescribable, inexhaustible I AM; so there is very little me in the “I.”

- Andy