SORRY YOU GUYS HAVEN’T BEEN HEARING FROM ME SO MUCH LATELY
No more spoilt wife; your girl is working hard these days, getting our business up and going again! I honestly can’t get over God asking me to leave hubby and my sons in Nigeria and that I should come back and unpause our family’s business in the US. This week, a customer thanked me for coming back, and another customer came today looking for a vehicle for his daughter, who is about to graduate from university, and that made me extremely happy. I preach to my team that God is our Partner, so we should show up as if God Himself has asked us to work there. All over our signs are “In God We Trust,” and I have no doubt whatsoever that God is standing strong with us!
God is so involved that it freaks me out! One day, I was having an appointment with God with my son Joshie, and my hubby got in on our conversation from the background, telling me how I make so many mistakes because I don’t listen to him. Even though I said to him that he was a big part of why I lost confidence and had to go to my brothers for strength and courage to keep going, he didn’t care and went into me even more! He did this in front of my 13-year-old son!!! But let me tell you guys how God showed up. The next day, Ceri posted this on his Facebook wall:
“SOMETIMES WE’RE LONGING FOR A FAMILY MEMBER TO BELIEVE IN US AND CHEER US ON OR FOR A FRIEND TO ENCOURAGE US, BUT IT’S JUST THE OPPOSITE (This was precisely me with my husband!!!). There will be people who are close to you who don’t think you can accomplish what God put in your heart. You have to say as Paul did, “So what if they don’t believe? I love them, but I’m going to be deaf to their unbelief.” These are tests we have to pass. You don’t need them to believe in you. Be respectful, but be deaf to their unbelief. The quicker you get rid of it, the better you’ll be. If you dwell on it, it will become a lie that infects your thinking. You can’t play defeat in your mind and have victory. You can’t think sickness and have health. You can’t dwell on thoughts of lack and have abundance. The way you keep the infection out is by dwelling on what God says about you: “You are strong, talented, and valuable. Your future is bright. Your dreams are on the way.”
NOBODY CAN TELL ME THAT WAS A COINCIDENCE! That was God Himself giving me specific instructions on how to deal with the hubby’s constant criticisms: NIK, RESPECTFULLY IGNORE THEM!!! Honestly, seeing that post was such a boost to my confidence, knowing God Himself believes in me and loves me so much to even have this post show up from Ceri. I accept that hubby is my most prominent critic, helping me to tackle weaknesses and to be more business-minded like he is and make me stronger. If I’m to be this fierce businesswoman, I have to toughen up. And my self-esteem should not be from anyone else; that’s why it is called SELF-esteem! Now I’m telling hubby I will be better than him and my brothers in business because I’ve made God my Business Partner! Heehaw!
I hope you are feeling God’s Presence with you, too, and that you are taking the advice of my guy Mufti Menk”
“Your five daily prayers (alone times with God reading or listening to anything spiritual)—work on them. Hold on to them. Become strong on them. And see the miracles in your life.”
Don’t play around with your relationship with God! We walk by faith, not sight, where we expect everything to go better than we can even ask or imagine! Amen!