Those words from our manager, Moises, really got to me yesterday. The family hustle just got way deeper! It’s not just about my family and me; other people are counting on me to show up and give my best to feed their families, too. Forget Vice-President supporting hubby; your girl has to step up as the President of our car sales company, as hubby has a lot he is handling. We’re a team, baby, doing our thing all for the glory of God! Your wifey got this, and God got her!!!! Your girl is so confident that I’m telling everyone that I will be the one teaching my husband the car business! That’s me having fun with it, taking it as a lighthearted challenge that God and I can confidently handle together! Amen!

Honestly, though, this business has brought me so much closer to God because of the many times it had me run to Him for help on issues that would arise. God, what is this!!! Like Moises had even abandoned me for a little bit, but now I thank him for leaving. If I’m honest, he was a crutch holding me up, and when he walked out, I had to learn to stand firm on my own. With hubby gone, that left me leaning on God and God alone, and let me tell ya, THERE IS NO PLACE I’LL RATHER BE. Moises and hubby leaving turned out to be the best thing! I’m going to new levels of closeness with God!!! I had to boss up and boss up fast!

I really have to shout out my brother, Jason. I called him one Sunday returning home from a run to my God tree, and he said, “Nikki, stop overthinking. JUST BLEEPING DO IT!!!” Honestly, I had lost my courage and confidence. Then, that Tuesday, a bank rep called me out of the blue, and he repeated what Jason said, “Nikki, JUST DO IT!!!”

Right after that conversation, a Nissan Altima came up at an auction, and I clicked that button to buy it! It came in, and a previous customer brought his brother, and they ended up buying that car together. As I’m telling them about how my brother, Kevin, had been holding my hand during my little rough time, he said, “Thank your brother for me.” He is so happy to have the car to go to his hustle as he begins a new and fresh start in his life. We all have a past, but with God, we can refresh and start our lives again at any moment, being different than we were five minutes prior, knowing His love is unconditional. God holds our sins, failure, mistakes, and transgressions away from us like the east is from the west. We can all begin again now, and God will lovingly accept us rolling with Him exactly how and where we are.

I feel like I mess up all day, every day, but today on my run, God found a sweet way to let me know He loves me. It was a song that started playing in a store couple of days ago by Doja Cat. As I’m doing a 5k run with Coach Bennet, he asked what song I was listening to. He said REALLY pay attention to the lyrics. Minutes later, look what lyrics showed up on Doja Cat’s song ‘Get into it:’

“Thank you, Nikki (my nick name!). I love you.”

This lined up too perfectly to be a coincidence. It was a message from God Himself to me! From Coach Bennet telling me to REALLY listen to the lyrics and for those words to show up minutes later, was an extra special surprise from God. (HUGE SMILE) Don’t miss out on what He has to say to you! You should have seen your girl on that run, dancing like nobody’s business, filled with such joy, peace, and God’s deep love. I’ve learned His voice! My appointments under my God tree, meeting with Him, asking what He has to say to me, reading our family’s website, and my meditation books (especially Jesus Calling) have been priceless. Try every day to get to know God a little bit better!!!