That was me to my daughter, Julie, yesterday. “Why, mom?” she asked. I said, “You remind me that everything is between God and me, not between me and anyone else. You’re such a blessing from Him. I’m so proud of you!” We ended up having such a beautiful conversation about her new college class. It’s a tough public speaking course that is usually 16 weeks long, but it’s now condensed to 8 weeks. This is a big challenge for her because she’s only in high school, but she said, “I’m going to do it.” I told her about a US Congress representative I had just seen on TV who said, “I came to Washington to do hard things.” And I said to Julie, “We left Nigeria to come to the US to do hard things, too.” What hard thing are you doing for God? We all have our crosses to carry, but God will be our strength to help us. Amen!
Getting back to my 50 days of discipline, I’m challenging myself to wake up earlier. I’ve set my alarm for 5:30 and set the song, ‘I Gotta Be’ by Jagged Edge as my wake up music. I imagine God and I singing to each other:
“Is it real?
What I feel
Could it be? You and me
‘Til the end of time
Never part
Take my heart
Hold it tight, it’s true love
You know I gotta be
I gotta be the one you touch
And baby, I gotta be the one you love (I’m telling you that)
I gotta be the one you feel
And I gotta be the one to fill your life with sunshine
I gotta be the one you know
‘Cause I will always love you so (I’m loving you, girl)
I gotta be the one you need
I’m just telling you that I gotta be”
And filling my life with sunshine is His specialty. Even through the darkest storms, His love is always there to stand with me. I know that there is never one moment that His Presence is not with me. That gives me the courage to tackle anything that comes my way, knowing God Himself is with me! He has to be the one we love FIRST and foremost, though. Then we make all decisions from His perspective. Doing our best with following His voice and what He would have us to do, then KNOWING He will do the rest! Wink! Wink! That’s faith, baby!
