“NEEKS, I DON’T UNDERSTAND WHY IT TOOK YOU SO LONG TO GET THE MESSAGE I TOLD YOU ABOUT YEARS AGO!”

That was my angel/brother, Kevin, yesterday! Honestly, God makes everything beautiful in His time. Not a minute early or a minute late! I had called him to say that we must ignore our 90-year-old mom, who keeps saying we should replace the lady who so wonderfully takes care of her, Shelley. After my mom went as far as locking Shelley out of the house one day, even after all my preaching to her to please be on chill mode (not taking anything so seriously!) and enjoy her gorgeous life like Kevin has been teaching me, yet the crazy lady STILL came out. Turns out that I needed to speak to my mom the next day, and Shelley became MY messenger from God. Here’s what Shelley explained (I paraphrase here!):

“Nik, I have friends that take care of elderly people, and they tell me that if the person were to hit them, they would hit them back, but I explain to them what the Bible says, “Revenge is Mines, says the Lord. And Don’t repay evil with evil; repay evil with good. The fruits of the spirit are love, kindness, gentleness, patience… This is where God wants me to be with your mom!!!”

So back to this lesson that Kevin is saying I took so long to get, it was God trying to teach me these very items Shelley perfectly addressed! It was like God Himself was saying through Shelley:

‘Nik, revenge is Mines! I don’t want you showing up anything other than your most loving self in the world on my behalf. Anything you do is between you and Me. What anyone else does is between them and Me. You keep showing up as My Fav Girl/Rockstar and let the world see Me through you! Let Me be the One to deal with anyone who does anything to you! I know what I’m doing with every one of my children. Your commandment from Me is to love Me and love others! Spread love, My Nik! Finish!

Nik, I want you to be even more committed to spreading good worldwide. Use whatever evil comes your way as motivation to spread even more goodness in the world on my behalf. No more hate for hate or tit for tat! No! Use all the evil news stories as your reminder to be even more focused on doing my will in the world. Step up your game in making the world a happier, more loving, and closer to Me place!

Nik, teach the world the values I’ve been demonstrating and teaching you:

“But the Spirit produces the fruit of love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, self-control. There is no law that says these things are wrong.” – Galatians 5:22-23

Exactly how I treat you, I want you to reflect that to others!’

Got that, my peeps?!? With the intimate love God shows me, like sending people like my mom, Kevin, and Shelley into my life, I want to ask these questions continually:

“Jesus (God), what is your perspective on every moment of my life? Every relationship. Every decision. Every circumstance. And how can I enter into it to glorify you?” – Bel Air Church

BOTTOM LINE: LOVE! LET’S BEGIN IN OUR HOMES AND SPREAD OUT FROM THERE!!!