God replied to Moses, “I AM WHO I AM. This is what you are to say to the Israelites: I AM has sent me to you.” Exodus 3:14
Have you ever come across an idea a word cannot express, a scenery a photo cannot capture, a love a heart cannot hold? Too deep, too majestic, too weighty for an alternate representation. As I stare at my keyboard – the letters often fail to arrange themselves into words. As I gaze out my window – the beauty will not yield to the constraints of an image. As I peer into my past – the loss feels more than the sum of each day.
This is why, of course, God simply declared himself as “I am.” A truth that reveals nothing and everything in three letters. And so the undefinable will always remain questionable. Does God really speak? Is there a reality beyond what we can see? Can we know a perfect love that drives out fear? It seems a lofty goal to remain sane in the insanity of belief as I fight to find the words to communicate hope, the photograph to portray restoration, and the strength in a promise for what is still to come.