{"id":1179,"date":"2021-10-10T17:22:12","date_gmt":"2021-10-11T00:22:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stevegillard.com\/erleichda\/?p=1179"},"modified":"2021-10-10T17:23:41","modified_gmt":"2021-10-11T00:23:41","slug":"i-am","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stevegillard.com\/erleichda\/2021\/10\/10\/i-am\/","title":{"rendered":"I Am"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>
\n <\/p>\n

I Am<\/strong><\/p>\n

When I have
\ngone about
\nin decades past,<\/p>\n

it has been
\nmost often
\nincognito,<\/p>\n

\u201cidentity
\nconcealed,
\nto avoid
\nnotice or
\nformal
\nattentions.\u201d<\/p>\n

Seeking
\ninvisibility.<\/p>\n

These days
\nI have begun
\nto bear inner
\nwitness that<\/p>\n

It Is Written:
\nWhen asked
\nto produce
\nidentification,
\nThe Creator
\nreplied,<\/p>\n

“I Am that
\nI Am.”<\/p>\n

I no longer
\nimagine that
\nI have any
\nless
\nauthority than
\nthe Creator,<\/p>\n

to go about
\nfull cognito,
\nto reply,
\nwhen asked,<\/p>\n

I Am that
\nI Am.<\/p>\n

(Photo by Sue Gillard)<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

  I Am When I have gone about in decades past, it has been most often incognito, \u201cidentity concealed, to avoid notice or formal attentions.\u201d Seeking invisibility. These days I have begun to bear inner witness that It Is Written: When asked to produce identification, The Creator replied, “I Am that I Am.” I no […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1179","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-poems"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t