“MOMMY, CAN WE HAVE AN APPOINTMENT WITH GOD, PLEASE?”
Wow! That was my son, Siah, around 10 pm last night. He was upset, feeling extremely anxious over some exams he is taking this week. I tried my best to calm him down, saying I have full confidence that he will do well. That he should just do his best and leave the rest with God! It calmed him for a bit, but minutes later, he asked me for that alone time with God, and momma here was happy to oblige.
I had no phone, and his phone was dead, so I said let’s read from my book, KEEP CALM, YOU’RE ROLLING WITH GOD. I taught him a prayer, “God, what do You have to say to my mom and me right now?’ He randomly opened a page and began reading. We were both sweetly surprised when my very words to him minutes prior showed up in this 366-day devotional:
_““Worry about nothing, instead pray about everything.” In this life, there will always be challenges, trouble, frustrations, but we must not get discouraged. _
_“The Lord replied, “My Presence will go with you, and I will give you rest.” Exodus 33:14 _
_In other words, we roll with God, and He’s working behind the scenes of our lives, protecting us, fighting for us, helping us with our challenges, and therefore we can relax and SIMPLY FOCUS ON DOING OUR BEST WITH WHAT HE WOULD HAVE US TO DO AND LEAVE THE REST WITH HIM (Wink! Wink). _
“Not by might nor by power, but by my Spirit,” says the Lord Almighty (Zechariah 4:6).”
Siah and I had a joyous hugging session feeling these words showing up was God revealing His invisible Presence with us. He went to bed happy and woke up this morning excited and ready to tackle those exams.
To be very honest, though, I NEEDED THAT GOD WINK!!! Life is a war, and sometimes it can even get to be highly overwhelming, even for me, the God maniac here. I was able to tell Siah to do his best and leave the rest because that’s exactly what God said to me yesterday when I went running to Him (No shame because sometimes it all is just a little bit too much!!).
This God wink began from the day before when I looked at a coffee mug that I stole from my daughter Julie that says, “Don’t stress. Do your best.” The next morning, in trying to come up with a caption for my blog’s photo for the day, I debated for the longest time on using, ‘Don’t stress. Do your best. And leave the rest with God,’ but decided to go with something else. A few hours later, feeling stressed, I ran to God, and of the over 80 pages on our family’s website, look what I randomly read:
“Don’t stress, do your best and leave the rest with God. Got that? Wink! Wink!)”
This was God’s way of having some fun with me! He knows every thought I think, and this was His loving way of letting me know that He is ALWAYS with me. No way I just randomly found those very words from Julie’s mug that I meditated on that morning and the day before. God is familiar with all our ways, and He knew I needed that reminder! (HUGE SMILE)
Our job is to stay focused on Him in every moment, AGAIN DOING OUR BEST WITH WHAT HE WOULD HAVE US TO DO AND THEN LEAVE THE REST WITH HIM!!! GOT THAT?
WEROLLWITHGOD.COM
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YOUTUBE VIDEO OF THE DAY
WALKING IN GOD’S FAVOR, BABY!!!
https://youtu.be/vUa50XOAsAg
LIVE IN GOD, LIVE IN LOVE
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HEALTH MATTERS
DAY 108 OF 365 DAYS OF DISCIPLINE!
DISCIPLINE IS THE WAY: “Don’t stress, do your best and leave the rest with God. Got that?
PRACTICE! PRACTICE! AND MORE PRACTICE!!! Replace thoughts of worry with, God, I trust You!
“LET FOOD BE THY MEDICINE AND MEDICINE THY FOOD”