MY LIFE IS A MESS RIGHT NOW, AND THAT’S OK!

These verses come clearly to mind:

“Though the fig tree does not bud and no fruit is on the vines, though the olive crop fails and the fields produce no food, though the sheep are cut off from the fold and no cattle are in the stalls, yet I will exult in the LORD; I will rejoice in the God of my salvation.” – Habakkuk 3:17-18

That no matter how terrible the situation, I can rejoice knowing God is with me at every moment. Giving me His unconditional love, approval, help, wisdom, favor, tact, personality, charm, strength, angels, unlimited resources, friendship, protection, insights, power, and strategies to help guide me through any set of intimidating circumstances. Our hope is in God!

Are you developing your relationship with God? Trust me, we need Him! Like every Sunday, I said I want to talk to my husband about our business here to get his involvement about the direction he would like us to go in as a company. And every Sunday, I leave that conversation as if I’ve been run over by a truck! My husband is not easy, he is brutal with his words. But can you believe I’m grateful for those difficult conversations? Yes, because I see God using them to refine me. To toughen me. Make me stronger, UNBREAKABLE, baby, and able to take on not only hubby’s tough criticisms but whatever life throws my way. With God’s assistance at every second, I got this!

I’m now able to respond to hubby knowing my ultimate approval is from God, not the husband who loves to go crazy on me. God sees me waking up at 4:30 in the mornings trying my best to keep everything going, so I now know NOT to look to other humans for love and approval. In fact, yesterday, while waiting in the dentist’s office, music started playing by itself in my earphones, and I knew without a doubt, this was God singing to me:

“You should let me love you
Let me be the one to
Give you everything you want and need
Baby good love and protection
Make me your selection
Show you the way love’s supposed to be
Baby you should let me love you” – Let Me Love You by Mario

That’s been God’s song to me for YEARS, but NOW I get it (hey, I’m a slow learner!). God, I will now take you up seriously on that offer! I’m finally getting the message that I’m to look to God for my love, not to other humans. My job is then to share God’s love with everyone, including this GREAT husband I have. I told him after he royally fussed me out that we will never forget what he has done by allowing his family to leave him in Nigeria to go to school in the US. So, no matter what he does, we just have to bury the bad against all the good. And there is so much good. I need to read this dedication I wrote to him every day, though (LOL!):

“My Hon, when I met you, I loved you because you were perfect. Fifteen years later, I know you’re not perfect, but I love you even more. Thank you for putting up with me, your also imperfect, God maniac wife! I want to show you every day that God loved you so much that He gave me to you as your wife. I’m honored to spend my life with you and to be the mother of our four beautiful children.”

So, don’t play around with your relationship with God! We need to offer Him our hands at every moment, seeking His guidance in helping us be the super tough, loving, and JOYFUL people He would have us to be in the world. Gotta run to take my son, Joshie, to do a Spanish makeup test! My sweetie is tackling these difficult classes like a real champion! I’m so proud of my family, y’all! We ain’t perfect, but we’re close! All glory goes to God Himself for all His help!

“You will keep in perfect peace those whose minds are steadfast, because they trust in you.” – Isaiah 26:3

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