I Am

While praying one day, a man asked God, "Who are you, God?"

God answered, "I am."

"But who is I am?", the man asked.

God replied, "I am peace, I am grace, I am joy, I am strength, I am safety, I am shelter, I am hope, I am the creator, I am the comforter, I am the beginning and the end, I am the way, I am the truth, I am the light."

With tears streaming down his cheeks as he looked toward heaven, the man said, "Now I understand, but, who am I?"

God tenderly wiped the tears from the man's eyes and whispered, "You are mine."