Listen for the Lord

Listen for the Lord

Taken from "Listen for the Lord"

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 its mistakes and regrets it is hard. I am not there."
My name is not I WAS.
"When you live in the future with it problems and fears, it is hard."
My name is not I WILL BE.
"When you live in this moment it is not hard. I am here.
My name is I AM."

by Helen Mallicoat, 1977 Hallmark Cards, Inc.,

This is a poem written by a friend of mine's grandmother, Helen Mallicoat. She has changed people's lives through her writing even after death.

This poem has brought up for me some interesting insights. As of late I have been working in the shamanic practices. This study is my path of awakening and healing myself and providing a sacred space for others to heal. This insight comes in directly for where I am on my personal journey.

In the course of my studies I decided I was no longer going to avert my sight when I became uncomfortable with something or turn from it when I felt fear. I made a conscious decision to stand and look at it straight on. I believe the words I used in taking up this practice is "to meet it head-on": to stand in what it was I was experiencing whether it was good, bad or indifferent. I continually reflected on "what doesn't kill us makes us strong."

Then my friend sent me her grandmother's poem quite out of right field. She said, "I think you might like this; my grandmother wrote it."

And in the reading of it I realized how to stand head to head with my fears in the moment they occur, without hesitation and without judgment of myself, others, or the situation that has brought up the fear.

To live in the moment and listen to the great voice within, anything is possible and anything can shift in a moment. Stand, be still, and listen to, for and with the I AM. You will be able to face anything in your path and come out on the other side exactly where you need to be, held in spirit and walking your path knowing you are love—knowing you are strong, knowing your are I AM.