{"id":24839,"date":"2015-03-09T00:15:31","date_gmt":"2015-03-09T04:15:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/?p=24839"},"modified":"2015-03-08T18:30:27","modified_gmt":"2015-03-08T22:30:27","slug":"i-am-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/2015\/03\/09\/i-am-3\/","title":{"rendered":"I Am"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/psalmshymnsspiritualsongskjv.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-16629\" src=\"http:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/psalmshymnsspiritualsongskjv.jpg\" alt=\"psalmshymnsspiritualsongskjv\" width=\"341\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/psalmshymnsspiritualsongskjv.jpg 341w, https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/psalmshymnsspiritualsongskjv-300x175.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 341px) 100vw, 341px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #800080;\">There&#8217;s no space that His love can&#8217;t reach<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> There&#8217;s no place where we can&#8217;t&#8217; find peace<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> There&#8217;s no end to amazing grace<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #800080;\">Take me in with Your arms spread wide<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> Take me in like an orphan child<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> Never let go<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> Never leave my side<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 60px;\"><em><span style=\"color: #800080;\">I am<\/span><\/em><br \/>\n<em><span style=\"color: #800080;\"> Holding on to You<\/span><\/em><br \/>\n<em><span style=\"color: #800080;\"> I am<\/span><\/em><br \/>\n<em><span style=\"color: #800080;\"> Holding on to You<\/span><\/em><br \/>\n<em><span style=\"color: #800080;\"> In the middle of the storm<\/span><\/em><br \/>\n<em><span style=\"color: #800080;\"> I am holding on<\/span><\/em><br \/>\n<em><span style=\"color: #800080;\"> I am<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #800080;\">Love like this<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> Oh, my God, to find<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> I am overwhelmed<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> With a joy divine<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> Love like this sets our hearts on fire<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #800080;\">This is my resurrection song<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> This is my Hallelujah come<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> This is why it&#8217;s to You I run<\/span><\/p>\n<p><center><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/cH_LLGiE0f0?rel=0\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/center><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Songwriters: David Crowder and Ed Cash<br \/>\nThe Crowder Band<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #800080;\"> *\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0~ \u00a0 \u2665 \u00a0 ~\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u271e\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0~ \u00a0\u2665 \u00a0 ~ \u00a0 *\u00a0 <\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>The name of God when it\u2019s revealed seems to be a very big moment in history. \u00a0He says \u201cI AM.\u201d \u00a0That evokes the idea of His presence, of being in His name. \u00a0For me that is one of the greatest hopes of the Christian faith. \u00a0No matter where you are in life, you live and breathe in the very presence of God and He has given access to Himself. \u00a0The Creator of the universe has given access to us and that\u2019s gorgeous. \u00a0So many times I forget about that and I need to be realigned to that reality.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">&#8211; \u00a0David Crowder<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/freeccm.com\/2014\/01\/23\/story-behind-the-song-with-david-crowder-i-am\/\" target=\"_blank\">(click here for the story behind the song<\/a>)<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Life is full of storms&#8230;unplanned changes&#8230;unexpected detours. \u00a0Some storms are bigger than others. \u00a0But how we get through those storms depends on what we are holding onto and, more importantly,<span style=\"color: #800080;\"><strong> Who<\/strong><\/span> is holding onto us.<\/p>\n<p>Listening to David Crowder talk about this song, I had a light bulb moment. <em><strong>\u00a0I Am is the \u2018<\/strong><\/em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"color: #800080; text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>G<\/strong><\/span><strong><span style=\"color: #800080; text-decoration: underline;\">reat<\/span><\/strong><\/span><em><strong> I<\/strong> <strong>AM<\/strong><\/em>\u2019. \u00a0He is holding onto us! \u00a0He holds us more tightly than we could ever hold on to Him. \u00a0He never lets go of us. \u00a0Isaiah 40:13 (NLT) tells us \u201cHe will carry the lambs in His arms, holding them close to His heart.\u201d \u00a0Isaiah 41:13 (HCSB) states \u201cFor I, Yahweh your God, hold your right hand and say to you: Do not fear, I will help you.\u201d \u00a0I AM holds us close to His heart. \u00a0I AM takes our right hand like a Father and leads us through the storm. \u00a0He never leaves our side.<\/p>\n<p>This is what I need to remember as I deal with the curves life is throwing me right now. \u00a0Just thinking about I AM holding onto me gives me chills and makes me smile at the same time. \u00a0He is my \u2018<em>resurrection song<\/em>\u2019. \u00a0He is my \u2018<em>hallelujah come<\/em>\u2019. \u00a0That\u2019s why it&#8217;s to Him I run because<\/p>\n<h5 style=\"text-align: center;\">\u201c<em><span style=\"color: #800080;\">There&#8217;s no space that His love can&#8217;t reach<\/span><\/em><br \/>\n<em><span style=\"color: #800080;\"> There&#8217;s no place where we can&#8217;t find peace<\/span><\/em><br \/>\n<em><span style=\"color: #800080;\"> There&#8217;s no end to amazing grace<\/span><\/em>\u201d<\/h5>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There&#8217;s no space that His love can&#8217;t reach There&#8217;s no place where we can&#8217;t&#8217; find peace There&#8217;s no end to amazing grace Take me in with Your arms spread wide Take me in like an orphan child Never let go Never leave my side I am Holding on to You I am Holding on to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":164,"featured_media":16629,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[4937],"tags":[5889,3294,1287,425,8556,7629,2978],"class_list":["post-24839","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-psalms-hymns-and-spiritual-songs","tag-cynda-cottrill","tag-david-crowder","tag-gch","tag-girlfriends-coffee-hour","tag-isaiah-4013","tag-isaiah-4113","tag-the-great-i-am","entry"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/psalmshymnsspiritualsongskjv.jpg","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p39pHp-6sD","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24839","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/164"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=24839"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24839\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":24848,"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24839\/revisions\/24848"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/16629"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=24839"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=24839"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=24839"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}