That was surprisingly from my son, Emmie, yesterday! He and Joshie were entertaining their friends, and I was hovering in the background when I heard him say that. There I was feeling like our house was a complete disaster, but my son felt the total opposite. It’s another testimony to the greatness of God in my life: My help comes from the Lord, baby!
I told you guys how I’ve been in such a rut lately, but God is beautifully at work in the background, assisting me to keep everything on track. Like one night, I went in to pick my sons from church and saw them enjoying playing a game there. The next day or so, I said let’s recreate it on our front porch. I took the boys and their friend Sammy to buy tape and a ball at Target. It takes four people to play, so on the way into the store, I asked them who would the fourth person be. They said it would be “Isaiah.” We get into the store, and minutes later, asking the first store attendant we saw after finding the ball where we could get tape, his name was amazingly “Isaiah.” And just like that, God revealed His invisible Presence with us. No coincidence!
We set it up, and the next thing I knew, our house became the hang-out spot to play this game, along with the basketball hoop in our driveway. I would come home from work and meet the boys playing happily, running all around the neighborhood with no shoes. Yesterday, I got them pizza to share with their new friends. They went swimming. They played video games. They went fishing at the lake at the back of our home. And they played the game on our porch with the ball and tape until very late into the night.
I say all that to say, don’t go through life without God. I know without any doubt that it was Him directing me in my spirit to set up that game for my sons. And to see all the beauty and joy that came from it, reminds me that God has my back, even when I feel like such a loser. His way of saying, ‘I got you, Nik!’
My life is this intimate journey with Him. When I’m weak, He is my strength. When I feel good for nothing, He says, “Give me your nothing, Nik. Didn’t I create the world from nothing!” Don’t miss out, finish this year saying, ‘God, I want a closer walk with You!!!’ He lovingly whispers His secrets to us when we’re open to involving Him in every aspect of our lives! Wink! Wink!
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