“YOU GOT THIS!”
That was from my extraordinary son, Emmie, last night when I took some time to just be with him. He and his brother, Joshie, are my two little husbands right now, and like I told them the other morning, “It’s my honor and privilege to show up as the best momma possible to help them become all that God has created them to be. We are all so spoilt from our overly comfortable life in Nigeria with a cook, housekeeper, and driver, but that’s the challenge for me as a mom to teach our kids how to do for themselves. Like just passing my daughter, Julie, the other morning driving her car to the gym made me so happy. I said to God, “Wow! Thank You for exceeding my expectations!” To have such healthy, happy, well-adjusted, and close-to-God kids makes me the proudest mom in the entire world, y’all! Our house may be a disaster, but I have no doubt that Papa God is proud of our family! (HUGE SMILE)
Even my nephew, Duro, I’m so thrilled by how he is stepping up. I encouraged him to work with us saying, “I want to train you to be a king!” He told everyone that he wanted to be a warrior, so I call him Warrior Duro. This life is difficult, but we must have a Warrior mentality that we can do all things with God by our side, helping us tackle life joyfully and bravely! I loved his excitement late last night telling me about the job fair he attended to land an internship, hopefully. I told him that I’m the mother eagle who takes apart the nest of the eaglets so that she forces them to learn how to fly on their own. I’m not my kids’ friend now, but eventually, they will hopefully see that this crazy momma/aunt always had their best interests at heart.
Same thing with my relationship with God. I ask Him sometimes, “God, why?!?” but those challenging experiences are exactly what I need to become the Nikki God Himself has created me to be. I love these verses:
“Trials and Temptations
Consider it pure joy, my brothers and sisters, whenever you face trials of many kinds, because you know that the testing of your faith produces perseverance. Let perseverance finish its work so that you may be mature and complete, not lacking anything. If any of you lacks wisdom, you should ask God, who gives generously to all without finding fault, and it will be given to you.” – James 1:2-5
The trials and challenges have been God’s way of pulling me even closer to Him, where He is working on helping me mature in every aspect of my life. Especially in the aspect of courage and confidence, knowing I have Him backing me up. I can tell Emmie, ‘Yes, I got this because I know that there is never a moment when God is not standing STRONG with me helping me to be the best momma, wife, and person, all for His glory.” A God perspective changes everything! We are never alone, God got us!!! I’m hugging Him tight right now with everything I’m handling, but I want us hugging even tighter! May we all get closer to God!