{"id":343,"date":"2020-10-30T22:07:00","date_gmt":"2020-10-30T22:07:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tiffanyshae.com\/shinebright\/?p=343"},"modified":"2024-08-21T12:11:31","modified_gmt":"2024-08-21T12:11:31","slug":"i-am","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tiffanyshae.com\/shinebright\/uncategorized\/i-am\/","title":{"rendered":"I Am"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The sun rises and sets every day; you can always count on that!<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>I love living at the beach. If I didn&#8217;t know better, I might even begin to believe and argue that salt and sand ran through my veins.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>My people know I run, not walk, to the beach when I am uptight and stressed out.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It gives me life and peace, and I always leave feeling refreshed and hopeful. It&#8217;s one of my favorite places to meet God.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/tiffanyshae.com\/shinebright\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/103020_30Abeach_0048w-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-346\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tiffanyshae.com\/shinebright\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/103020_30Abeach_0048w-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/tiffanyshae.com\/shinebright\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/103020_30Abeach_0048w-480x640.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 0px) and (max-width: 480px) 480px, (min-width: 481px) 768px, 100vw\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>We see many sunrises and sunsets along our\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.southernliving.com\/travel\/florida\/30a-florida-beaches\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">beautiful beaches<\/a>, but I was driving earlier this morning and had to stop and take this photograph. A cold front moved in, and I didn&#8217;t want to get out of the car, but as I sat there looking at this scene, God gave me a picture of each of us and our walk with Christ. As I watched the waves crash into the shore, I was intrigued and made the trek out of my cozy and warm car into the cold winds, LOL, and wanted to share with\u00a0y&#8217;all.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The&nbsp;<strong>waves<\/strong>&nbsp;(<em>our trials and temptations<\/em>) can look dangerous and massive.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The&nbsp;<strong>water<\/strong>&nbsp;(<em>some people around us<\/em>) can be cold and uninviting.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The\u00a0<strong>clouds\u00a0<\/strong>(<em>our strongholds<\/em>) can be dark and cover us in shame. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But even with all that, God\u2019s beautiful light is rising among the darkness.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em>His light is shining through the cracks and our strongholds.&nbsp;<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em>His glory is poured through our lives and out of us as we are willing.&nbsp;<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em>His light is healing the darkness every time we breathe Him in, every time we praise His name and&nbsp;every time we read His word.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In this photograph, His light touches the water, and he says,<strong><em>\u00a0&#8220;Even here&#8230;I Am. Even in the waves crashing over your head, I Am. Even in the bitter, cold waters, I am. Even in the dark shadows, I am.&#8221;<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>So let Him be your I AM! <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Let His light shine in you and through you. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Use your brokenness to touch others even while He is healing you. You have a purpose in every step of your journey! &nbsp;And if you&#8217;re struggling today, don&#8217;t hesitate to reach out! I&#8217;m here for you.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The sun rises and sets every day; you can always count on that! I love living at the beach. If I didn&#8217;t know better, I might even begin to believe and argue that salt and sand ran through my veins.\u00a0 My people know I run, not walk, to the beach when I am uptight and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":344,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"off","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[13,1],"tags":[16,43,44,45,46],"class_list":["post-343","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-faith","category-uncategorized","tag-faith","tag-god","tag-healing","tag-healing-journey","tag-strongholds"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/tiffanyshae.com\/shinebright\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/103020_30Abeach_0044w.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tiffanyshae.com\/shinebright\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/343","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tiffanyshae.com\/shinebright\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tiffanyshae.com\/shinebright\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tiffanyshae.com\/shinebright\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tiffanyshae.com\/shinebright\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=343"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/tiffanyshae.com\/shinebright\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/343\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":772,"href":"https:\/\/tiffanyshae.com\/shinebright\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/343\/revisions\/772"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tiffanyshae.com\/shinebright\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/344"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tiffanyshae.com\/shinebright\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=343"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tiffanyshae.com\/shinebright\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=343"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tiffanyshae.com\/shinebright\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=343"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}