‘NIKKI, WHAT IS WRONG WITH YOU?’

That was me beating myself up for letting a tiny little thing get the best of me on Saturday. The crazy lady came out for the entire day, and I was so angry with myself. That’s until I got to look at everything from the powerful God perspective. We can indeed count it all joy when we face various trials because God can use the good, bad and ugly (messy!) all for our good when we trust and walk with Him. Wink! Wink!

He used Saturday to teach me (and hopefully now you, too!) about loving others His way. As I sat under my God tree yesterday, I felt Him saying this to me from an old post:

“Not everything is a lesson to be learned. Sometimes it’s just an act of love. To forgive, overlook, ignore, focusing on the good in others and not their failings is an act of love, all for the glory of God.”

THIS IS SUPER HARD, let me tell ya, but this is where God is calling us. I felt Him say in my spirit, ‘Nik, let the crazy lady go away and be your most loving and forgiving self for Me, becoming a professional ignorer, getting extremely good at covering the offenses of others.’ He reminded me that when the world is unfair with me, remember that His ways with me are more than fair. I can immediately shake off the disappointments and keep my eyes on the prize with Him, baby!

“We were in alignment yesterday, boo!” I excitedly told my daughter, Julie. I was out with my daughter, Ember, when I told her about Julie’s 18-page research project she showed me that morning. “Em, it was like a professional researcher prepared it. God exceeds our expectations!” While I was telling Ember that, Julie was at college (even though she is still an official high school student!) with her friends preparing for a test together. She looked around and felt so grateful to God for allowing her to attend such an institution FREE OF CHARGE, like, ‘God, You did all this for me?’ The friends she studied with were able to help her with topics she didn’t understand and vice-versa. We both felt highly blessed!

God took my daughters and me out on a limb with Him to the US, away from my overprotective husband and two sons we left in Nigeria. It was a big sacrifice we made for them by separating our family into two. They didn’t disappoint us, though, with Ember today getting her welcome email from the university she will be attending in New York soon.

So, the hard stuff that God asks of us, I want us saying, ‘No, problem, I got You, the way You got us!’ I loved this message in my fav calendar that God speaks to me through:

“Your sacrifices are like a down payment to ensure that God’s great blessings are rewards are yours. One day, once life’s journey is done, you will receive the full prize and blessing that each of your sacrifices has earned you.

“For I consider that the sufferings of this present time are not worthy to be compared with the glory which shall be revealed in us. – Romans 8:18”

I want us to follow God in every moment. Every decision. Every circumstance. Even when He asks us to do difficult things like overlooking and ignoring as an act of love. Especially in our homes. Wink! Wink!

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