“THAT WAS THE BEST THING THAT HAPPENED!”
That was me to my brother, Kevin, this morning. God is truly amazing how He brings trials into our lives, KNOWING they will end up being so good for us. I can’t get over Him:
“Not only that, but we also rejoice in our sufferings, because we know that suffering produces perseverance; perseverance, character; and character, hope. And hope does not disappoint us, because God has poured out His love into our hearts through the Holy Spirit, whom He has given us. – Romans 5:3-4
Woohoo! Exactly what this SUFFERING did for your girl here. I was begging God to take it away from me, but, incredibly, now I’m THANKING Him. God is too much! He knows precisely what we need to be the people He would have us to be – MATURE, STRONG, NOT LACKING ANYTHING.
God has opened my eyes to such blessings. Not only do I feel more love and commitment to my kids and hubby, I feel this situation has brought me closer to my siblings. For example, my brother, almost always picks up my calls or calls me right back with some great advice or solution to any situation that comes up. I was bragging to his son yesterday about his wise dad. Again, he has taught me such crucial lessons such as patience, focusing on the positives of life and not the negatives, STANDING STRONG, enjoying life, and lately, about following God (not asking Him to follow us) and being His angels in the world.
“But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control. Against such things there is no law.” – Galatians 5:22-23
For this God who is doing so much for us, can we all be His angels in the world? The little crosses He may ask us to carry are nothing compared to the enormous blessings He sends our way on a moment by moment basis. (HUGE SMILE)
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“YET I AM ALWAYS WITH YOU”
Is my constant, constant message from God. Like I sent my sister, Verona, a message night before last with a picture from my meditation book, Jesus Calling, saying:
“Let go, relax, be still, and know that I am God.”
I even went as far as making it my phone’s screensaver, feeling this was God reminding me that He is in charge of my life, and I can, therefore, relax, and trust that He has everything under control.
Fast forward to the next morning, I go out for my run, and in the middle of it, I felt I needed to hear from God – life gets overwhelming sometimes. I got a feeling from Him that I should listen to my last video about being a Rockstar for Him. I did that. And right after that video played, YouTube automatically selected another video to autoplay. Incredibly, the video selected was one I shot three weeks ago showing pics of this very message through some pics on my phone::
“Let go, relax, be still, and know that I am God.”
Wow! I freaked out! How could that video, of all my previous videos, or some other random YouTube selection be the very one to come up next? The crazier thing was that the exact shirt that I was wearing in that video was the exact shirt I was wearing out on that run. It was another one of my God winks where everything lined up EXTREMELY too perfectly to be some ordinary coincident with God sweetly remining me, Nik, my invisible Presence is always with You. I love this message from Him this morning:
“Hold My hand in childlike trust, and the way before you will open up step by step.” – Jesus Calling
“Yet I am always with you; you hold me by my right hand. You guide me with your counsel, and afterward you will take me into glory.” – Psalm 73:23-24
Let’s celebrate every day like a birthday reminded that Papa God is with us, for us, and He is on our side, and He is intimately involved with every detail of our lives. Wink! Wink!
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IT’S A WONDERFUL LIFE WITH GOD
That’s my testimony! I still have my sad, difficult, and challenging times, but I’m learning to enjoy every day knowing God is with me in every moment. Like yesterday, I had an anxious time in the middle of my morning run with Him, after an upsetting email. No shame in my game, I stopped to have an appointment with God. I continued from where I had last left off reading from my book, ‘Keep Calm, You’re Rolling With God’
“I had to send out some important paperwork in regards to a big ball I have in the air, one that gets me anxious at times, and there in line at the post office, I cried as I read another message from God:
“You have Me on your side, so what are you worried about?”
Dear God, may we all relax, knowing You are intimately involved in every detail of our lives. Amen.”
For me to open up right to that message was all God reminding me of all the many times where there is no doubt in my mind that it was Him working behind the scenes of my life that helped me through so many difficulties. No doubt whatsoever. God has faithfully been on my side my entire life. Even situations that I thought were initially bad for me have all turned out to be excellent experiences to mature me and mature my faith in God. Your girl here ain’t worried bout nothing. Whatever comes my way, I know God is there to help me get through. WE FEAR NO STORMS.
Therefore, we can relax and enjoy life at peace and joyful. “‘Not by might nor by power, but by My Spirit,’ says the Lord Almighty.” God is at work in the supernatural realm on our behalf. We don’t have to handle life alone.
Yesterday, I had a meaningful conversation about a vehicle with our business manager. I said to him, “Let’s pray about it. Before we make any decisions, I want us going to God and asking what it is He would have us to do.” God is an expert in everything, and He knows what we do not know. The feeling that gives us peace when we think about it is God saying, ’Yes, go this way.’ If we feel stressed, uneasy, or doubtful about a certain direction, that’s God saying, ‘No, don’t do this.’ So all day long, in every aspect of our lives, I want us seeking God’s input in the 1,000 decisions we make. His ways are not our ordinary human ways, they are so much better. Wink! Wink!
Let’s be about enjoying this wonderful life knowing our Partner, Teacher, Guide, Strategist, Planner, Friend, Father, Counselour is always with us. Amen!
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FORGET WORST YEAR; THIS WILL BE MY BEST YEAR EVER
As I get closer to God! Woohoo!!! Oh my goodness, He makes me feel so loved. Like I called my sister, Verona, to tell her how I’m STILL trying to free myself from the SHACKLES of mental slavery. I get so upset at myself for thinking THE WRONG THINGS. I even sent her an old video I did about this same freeing myself from shackles issue at around 9 pm with a text saying, “The chains are coming off, baby.”
Fast forward to the very next morning after 6 am, I opened up a book that I recently found and placed in our bathroom. It incredible said:
“Enclosed and SHACKLED (Wink! Wink), he cried to God for help.”
For that word “shackled” to show up was no ordinary coincident. It was God reminding us all that He is intimately involved in our lives, including our struggles. I opened DIRECTLY to that page! God is pretty talkative once you get to know Him!
Then, the title of that page was ‘Freed from Our Cage,’ when the crazy thing was that I had just told my daughter, Julie, about an Instagram post with a picture of an open cage with a bird flying out of it. I honestly felt it was God saying I should release my husband from the cage I was trying to confine him to, not knowing it was God saying I need releasing also. (LOL!!!) The book continued:
“And with thundering power, He “reached down…and took hold” of him. God can do the same for us. He can break the chains and release us from our confining cages. He can set us free and carry us “out into a spacious place.” How sad it is, then when we keep running in small circles, as if we’re still confined in our old prisons. In His strength, may we no longer be bound by fear, shame, or oppression. God has rescued us from those cages of death. We can run free.”
Amen! I claim this for us all. May anything that is holding us down and holding us back be removed by God’s strength. I need these awful thoughts to go from my head. What do you need removed? Let’s cry out to God, and by His strength, may we tackle them. Even if we fall a million times, let’s rise up a million and one, striving to be the excellent, going the extra mile in love, faith, and hope people He would have us to be. All for His glory. Amen.
Opening directly to this page was God’s sweet way of reminding us that He is in the fire with us. He is in the dungeon with us. He is in the storms of life with us. I pray we can recommit our lives to Him today as we make Him the center of all our decisions, not making any move without discussing it with Him first. We do our best and leave the rest with Him. (Wink! Wink!) Amen.
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