“WHAT THE ____________?”

HEHEHE!!! That was me to my support group today! (HUGE SMILE) I told you guys that God loves me so much that He personally gave me an entire team of angels to support me. No joke! For example, someone I know God sent to assist me is our friend, Ceri. HE IS MY PERSONAL MESSENGER FROM GOD. No shame, I joke with him that I’m his official stalker because he makes me a better wife, mom, and person, BUILDING MY FAITH IN GOD TO ANOTHER LEVEL. I even have my sister, Kelly, listening to a group where Ceri speaks every morning so she can call me and let me know when he is up to present. The messages are so good that I now upload them to YouTube because they’re just too wonderful to keep to myself.

Like the one yesterday, I listened to it a good five times (no shame! This life is rough!) because I was having a terrible day where my mind was just getting the best of me stuck on the saddest and most awful thoughts. No shame guys! Ceri has this extraordinary GIFT of taking passages from the Bible and using them to give us a new perspective on walking with God in our lives TODAY. For example, these verses yesterday were spot on:

“Even though the fig trees have no blossoms, and there are no grapes on the vines; even though the olive crop fails, and the fields lie empty and barren; even though the flocks die in the fields, and the cattle barns are empty, yet I will rejoice in the Lord! I will be joyful in the God of my salvation! The Sovereign Lord is my strength! He makes me as surefooted as a deer, able to tread upon the heights. – Habakkuk 3:17-19

I relistened so many times to Ceri’s message because right now I have an empty car lot, and I’m fighting just like thousands of other used car dealers to find inventory. But Ceri just reminded me that despite that, I still have so much to thank God for and that I should REJOICE AND BE HAPPY. Honestly, yesterday, a big part of my problem was that I was exhausted from getting up early every morning to go to work and I was reminded that God was my strength, not only in finding cars to sell but in all the other aspects of my life that I’m finding extremely challenging at the moment.

But Ceri also reminded me about Jesus’ message that we’re to love God and love others. Your girl is feeling like Jesus at the moment when he was about to be crucified saying, “Father, if you are willing, remove this cup from me: nevertheless not my will, but thine be done.”- Luke 22:42 I’m happy to suffer by carrying my spec of a cross for everything God is doing for me. This is where I want us all though, asking God what would please Him and then being about doing that. Even the complicated stuff because trust me, GOD GIVES MORE THAN WE CAN EVER ASK OR IMAGINE WHEN WE FOLLOW HIS PATH FOR OUR LIVES. I loved a comment from my assistant today, “Nik, they’re asking why our cars are selling so fast?” I have one answer: GOD’S FAVOR AND GUIDANCE. This verse is what I go with:

“This is the word of the LORD to Zerubbabel: `Not by might nor by power, but by my Spirit,’ says the LORD Almighty.”

Don’t play around with your relationship with God. I get Him involved in every decision I make, which is seriously paying off. I have the peace you cannot buy, KNOWING I’M NOT GOING THROUGH LIFE ALONE; MY HELP COMES FROM THE LORD. Make sure you are taking time to learn His voice. He has great plans for us, but we miss out if we are not listening to Him. MAKE GOD YOUR TOP PRIORITY AND FOCUS!!! Listen to Ceri’s messages!!! His wisdom is clearly from God to us.