THE LOVE STORY CONTINUES…

I never got the Bible verse that commands us to “Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength and with all your mind,” but after almost 4 years of writing these God posts, I get it!  Big time!  Every day I love Him more and more!

In every aspect of my life, He’s right there with me helping and guiding me to make the best decisions.  Last night, my wonderful daughter, Ember, who I bragged about in a post a few days ago, turned on me, venting to her Dad over a dress I didn’t have made for her.  In that moment I went to my meditation book and randomly opened it to the chapter where God told me that I should be patient with bearing the defects of others.  This morning she apologized and I kissed her and said all teary eyed, “It’s Ok, God said I should be patient with you and the same way you have to be patient with me, because not all the time I may get this parenting thing right.”

We hung out with a friend yesterday and when we were leaving I said to her, “Just being around you, I’m happy.”  This person out of now 180 million Nigerians, God has connected me with her and every time I’m around her, I leave a better person.

I also shopped for cushions yesterday for our house and even that was a conversation with God.  I went with my feelings as which ones to get, and the ones that excited me were the same colors in the flag of the Bahamas, with the beautiful aquamarine reminding me of the beautiful beaches I grew up swimming in.  I woke up today, feeling unbelievable grateful for the home I live in.  (This is a miracle!)

I didn’t go to work much this week and I’m thinking of all the people God sent me to help me there.  Each member of the team I work closest with, I believe were picked for me by God, as again I went with my feelings of whether or not to hire them.  I teach them that they don’t work for me, they work for God and I’m especially happy for one of them who lives very far away, but yet comes to work on time with a super great attitude.  I train them that our job is to assist my hubby and she has done such a great job that my husband decided to give her a lovely, three bedroom, three bathroom apartment to stay in, which is within walking distance to work.

“Lord, even though I love you…don’t trust me!  Bind me to yourself, more closely every day!”

WE ROLL WITH GOD