“NO SHAME ROLLING WITH GOD DAILY”

That was the comment my sister, Juanita, shared after watching my last YouTube video where I shared how God showed up for my son, Emmie. He was distraught over some harsh criticism that came his way yesterday, feeling EXTREMELY humiliated and hurt. I even had to beg him to eat with us! I tried telling him my line that if someone says 10,000 words against him, he should see where he can improve and ignore the rest. I told him how my daughter, Ember, said I have a reputation for being lazy and procrastinating and that I’ve improved. I’m grateful to her for her honesty!

Fast forward a few hours, God had something to say to him about this humiliating situation when we had an appointment with Him, and of all 366 posts in my book, Emmie picked this one to read:

_“Late one night, boarding a flight and walking towards my assigned seat, I started thinking about a situation and how embarrassed I was over it. I can never show my face again, I thought to myself (I can be so dramatic!). Just before sitting down, my hubby hands me my cell phone, which he had kept for the previous few hours and said that I should power it off. Can’t you do that? I wanted to ask, but instead, I took it from him and turned it off myself. Then I got a feeling to turn it back on and read a little from my meditation book, Jesus Calling. I opened right up to November 14’s devotional: “Those who look to him (God) are radiant; their faces are never covered with shame. – Psalm 34:5” _

Thanks, God, for the perfectly tailored reminder at the perfect time. Head up, Nik, nobody’s perfect! God, our Heavenly Father, knows the worst of us but loves us unconditionally. His grace (complete and total forgiveness and acceptance) is freely given to us in every moment. We simply have to accept it, keeping our eyes fixed on Him. Nothing can separate us from His love! We are all on a path of growth and unfoldment so, therefore, we can hold our heads high knowing we all have our failures, struggles, shameful moments, weaknesses, and wounds. Whenever I’m not the person I strive to be, I’m learning to immediately accept God’s grace, pick myself up, dust myself off, and keep going, committed to doing better next time.”

I said to Emmie, “This is a message from God to you! See how much He loves you to have you read this of all the posts in my book! He doesn’t want you to let the opinion of anyone else make you feel embarrassed about yourself. We’re to look to God for His unconditional love and approval. Did this person remove one strand of hair from your head by making those remarks? If you can improve, improve, but never let anyone’s opinion of you make you feel down about yourself. We all have areas of weaknesses we can work on! Nobody’s perfect!”

Later on, I told him and Siah how their nerdy mom sent Tom Brady a message of how he has inspired me to change the way I eat, the way I exercise, and my entire mindset of being my best self in the world by taking care of myself as an athlete. I asked Emmie who inspires him and he replied, “You… because you inspire me to be close to God.” I told them that the best life is close to God, where we suck up His love, support, wisdom, and approval, rolling bravely and courageously with Him on the daily! Amen!

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