…I’m very blessed by your inspirational word. I hope and pray that you reach out to many people like me.”
This Facebook message from a young man touched my heart yesterday. And it’s my prayer as well to reach many more people with this GREAT NEWS that God is intimately involved in every moment of our lives as our Helper, Best Friend, Comforter, Strategist, Father, Counselor, Teacher, Planner, and Faithful Life Partner.
Are you feeling His Presence? That’s the goal of these posts. That as I share my stories, you too will begin to feel God’s close involvement in your ordinary, everyday life. Like today, my daughter, Ember, kept asking me for a toothbrush. I said, “Your dad has many. Get one from him.” She replied, “They’re all soft, and I want a medium.” After all her persistence, I suddenly remembered some electronic toothbrushes I had purchased months ago that I’ve procrastinated in setting up because it needs a different voltage to charge from the one we have in Nigeria. I even bought different , and I heard her telling her sister that she must download an app on her phone that goes along with the fancy toothbrushes. Call me the crazy God person, but this is God’s way of showing His love to my daughter, and I’m so happy that she felt it, too. (SMILE)
My experience with Him is that He always EXCEEDS my expectations. Ember only wanted a regular toothbrush, and she got the Rolls Royce of toothbrushes! She just excitedly told me about all the features! God is pretty sweet and cool like that!
The other day, I was feeling sad, and I finally went to Him to ask what He had to say to me. And He used a conversation that I had with my daughter, Julie, that day to let me know that this thing I was feeling down about losing was actually His will for me. I had asked her if she was having her alone times with God and I mentioned how I admired that about Jesus who always went aside to talk with God. I said to her even before being crucified He said that GOD’S WILL SHOULD BE DONE, NOT HIS. And as I asked God what He had to tell me a few hours later, as I randomly scrolled my new meditation book, He and I, this was written as if Jesus was speaking:
“Remain at my feet. Get ready to listen to Me. Make your will one with Mine; this, too, is union. This is how I kept myself before My Father—‘YOUR WILL NOT MINE BE DONE.’
This was another LOVE NOTE from God and that He didn’t want me sad. He incredibly used that little talk with Julie to let me know He’s ALWAYS with me. It even showed up in the book on my birthday! God is still speaking, my people! It’s just up to us to listen and pay attention!!! Are you?
KEEP CALM—YOU’RE ROLLING WITH GOD