That was my daughter, Ember, to me the other day. Honestly, it was just the wakeup call I needed, ‘Yes, Ms. Nikki, why are you still in bed?’ I immediately jumped up, threw on my exercise clothes, and went for a run with God to hash out what was on my mind. He is my psychiatrist! The world’s best one, by the way! And He loves it when we come to Him!
I jogged over to my 47 trees and high fived the last one saying to God, “WE’RE TOGETHER.” Every day that message is sinking in more and more. That I can go through my entire life KNOWING God and I are TOGETHER no matter what comes my way. The hurts will come, but I can shake them off and keep my eyes fixed on God, who gives me more than I can ever ask or imagine. The challenges will come, but His wisdom, direction, and strength are available to get me through anything. I can, therefore, go through life at peace and full f joy KNOWING I have the Creator of the entire universe ALWAYS with me. Heehaw!
Yesterday, He sang to me through Ja Rule’s song:
“Girl, it feel like You and I been mourning together Inseparable, we chose pain over pleasure For that you’ll forever be a, part of Me Mind, body and soul ain’t no I in We (baby) When you cry who wipes your tears When you scared, who’s telling you there’s nothin’ to fear Girl, I’ll always be there When you need a shoulder to lean on Never hesitate knowing you can call on, your soul-mate”
God, enough mourning together! It’s the world against You and I as I take my place on Your heart, responding to every moment of my life from that perspective, giving you the front row seat as my audience. I will strive to be the wife, mother, and person you are calling me to be in every quarter-second, as I enjoy my life with You, sucking up Your love and approval. Ain’t no I in WE! Wink! Wink!
Every day I run to the end of those 47 trees God had lined up for me in celebration of my 47th birthday, and I give that last tree a high five and say, ‘GOD, WE’RE TOGETHER. WE’RE TOGETHER. WE’RE TOGETHER.’
Like yesterday, that meant parking somewhere before getting to work and having an appointment with Him. Again, no shame in my game!!! I was feeling hurt, disappointed, and frustrated, and God loves me so much because I felt Him saying to me in my spirit to read the very last day in my own book, and it was the perfect message:
“Can you imagine getting to a place where you do not feel anger, insulted, offended, or annoyed by anyone for what you believe is unfair treatment by them and having such feelings only against yourself? Wow, what a wonderful life that would be, but is that even possible humanly speaking?!?”
Well, God is truly trying to get me there, and I want to challenge you to get there with me. We’re to love others, stop judging them. Everyone is on their own path with God.
We must be professional ignorers, otherwise, we will go through our lives always offended, insulted, and frustrated. When others disappoint us, we have to shake off the hurts and disappointments immediately and keep walking humbly with God, extending grace (pardoning without punishment), forgiving endlessly, becoming better instead of bitter and loving extravagantly.” – Keep Calm, You’re Rolling With God
Not easy, but the way I’m looking at my life is that I’m on this beautiful life adventure with God. Down to a quarter of a second, He is with me. I can spend those quarter seconds enjoying Him or frustrated by other people. I pick door number one: Enjoying God. I can, therefore, hand over all the disappointments to Him, with my eyes fixed on all the roses in my life. Like getting an email from my daughter, Julie’s teacher this morning saying what a pleasure it is having her in her class. I replied, “It’s a pleasure having her as a daughter!” God has exceeded my expectations in every aspect of my life. It’s just for me to focus on the roses and not the thorns and sticking with this other message from God:
“Remind yourself that alone you are nothing. Can you acquire this beautiful habit of always being with Me? TOGETHER ALWAYS (Wink! Wink!)… Invite Me often to be present in your life, as though you gave Me a ticket for a concert. And keep Me a place of honor in the front row, as if you were concerned that I miss nothing of the spectacle, this spectacle of your daily acts, all lived for Me.” – He and I
God, it’s my honor having You in my life. May all my actions be pleasing to You. Amen.
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“AUNTY NIKKI, DON’T YOU THINK GOD GETS TIRED OF YOU?”
Was the question to me from my nephew, Duro, yesterday. Surprisingly, he came to hang out with the God nerd here in the kitchen as I prepared lunch for my mom. I responded, “God loves when I come to Him! In fact, He had this to say to me last night in my appointment with Him (written as if He is speaking directly to me):”
“Don’t you see that My requirements as head of the household extend even to your quarter-seconds? And don’t you feel a burning desire to surrender yourself utterly to My ownership?” – He and I
Not even down to a second, but to a quarter-second, God wants us with Him! God, I’m in!!! I want to completely surrender every quarter second of my life over to You, giving you all the glory and praise through my actions and sucking up all Your love, and enjoying You!!!
I’m so in love with the beautiful running path God led me to with my 47 trees. I go there every morning to give the last tree a high five, and I say to God, “We’re together!” So, no matter the troubles that may show up during the day, I remind myself that it is God and me walking through life together, and HE HAS OUR BACK. With His strength, wisdom, peace, and courage, I can LIGHTLY and JOYFULLY tackle all the difficulties.
And after touching base with that tree every day saying “God, WE’RE TOGETHER,” He also had this to say to me in that late-night appointment:
“Remind yourself that alone you are nothing. Can you acquire this beautiful habit of always being with Me? TOGETHER ALWAYS (Wink! Wink!)… Invite Me often to be present in your life, as though you gave Me a ticket for a concert. And keep Me a place of honor in the front row, as if you were concerned that I miss nothing of the spectacle, this spectacle of your daily acts, all lived for Me.” – He and I
For Your glory God, may we all live lives pleasing to You. Help us to be ALL You have created us to be. Amen.
“I’M CALLING AGAIN TO TELL YOU WHAT A BEAUTIFUL LIFE I HAVE”
That was me to my brother, Kevin, yesterday. His reply was, “Neeks, you have a gorgeous life.”
Glory be to God! I’m walking hand in hand with Him and asking Him to be my Guide, Partner, Helper, Strength, Love, Planner, Father, Therapist, Friend, Coach, Protection, Strategist, and Teacher. A good thirteen years ago, I said a prayer, ‘God, I want a closer walk with You.’ And let me tell ya, that’s the best prayer I’ve ever said because the closer you walk with God, the sweeter your life becomes. HEEHAW!!!
Even the other night, I was ANGRILY confronted by someone at our office in the night with only me and them there. And your girl here didn’t flinch – MY GOD IS WITH ME. I politely spoke to them, but they refused to calm down and left me to close by myself. But, no problem, I felt totally safe and secure, KNOWING God never leaves my side. I’m always protected.
His invisible Presence is always showing up for me. Like the other day, before leaving to a Drivers’ License appointment with my daughter, Julie, I gave Ember, my other daughter a kiss on her head saying, “LOYALTY.” Julie and I get to the DMV line, and the second person ahead of us is wearing a shirt with “LOYALTY” printed on the back. That was 40 minutes or so after kissing Ember and saying “LOYALTY.” It was God’s sweet way of revealing His invisible Presence with us there. Loyalty and faithfulness are one of the essential values He’s teaching me. Don’t worry what anyone else is doing, loyalty and faithfulness are repaid by God Himself.
Every day I run to the end of my 47 trees that God lined up for me to run under in celebration of my 47th birthday, and I give that tree a high five. That’s where I get my confidence booster for the day. I know with God I can tackle anything that comes my way with His wisdom, love, and strength.
Will you say that prayer, ‘God, I want a closer walk with You.’ I do not promise an easy life, but I do promise you love and support like no other. God shows up for me as if I’m the only person in the world. But don’t take my word for it, continually give Him your hand and live a life that you feel is pleasing to Him in every moment (trust me, it doesn’t have to be perfect!). He sees our hearts. Then have focused time with Him every day reading or listening to anything spiritual so that you can begin learning His voice for direction for your life.
That was from a customer that I’ve never met, who just asked me out the blue to pray for me. And, believe it or not, this was God showing up in the midst of a messy day saying, ‘Nik, I’m here with you.’
It was the most beautiful prayer where he prayed for me to be united with my husband and sons in Nigeria, for our business to do well, and most importantly, for me to trust God no matter what happens. Wow! That really blew the God maniac away! I needed the reminder TO TRUST GOD.
I was just telling my mom how every morning I go and run past the 47 trees God had lined up for me, and at the very last tree, I stop and give it a high five saying, ‘God, WE’RE TOGETHER, no matter what comes my way today.’ That’s my daily confidence booster KNOWING that God’s invisible Presence is always guiding me.
Yesterday, God showed up when I asked what Bible verse I should focus on to share with a group in Uganda that I speak to Wednesdays at noon. Fifteen minutes to the time, I kept throwing out some of my fav ones, but I remembered that I had already spoken about them all. I then started writing out the theme of the message:
“Can there be anything more wonderful than going through life with God as one’s companion?” – Yes Father
Long story short, as I landed on the verse Jeremiah 29:13 about a minute to noon, that I had to even to look up on Google, God had the very verse to appear in another Whatsapp group on my phone at exactly 12 noon, as if confirming and saying, ‘Yes, Nik! This is the verse I want you to discuss today:
“If you look for me wholeheartedly, you will find me.” Jeremiah 29:13
That landed up too perfectly to be some regular coincident. Of the hundreds of Whatsapp group I participate in, for this very verse to show up was God Himself letting me know His invisible Presence is ALWAYS with me. I’m telling ya, this is the sweet life with God. Even through the trials and tribulations, we can have the peace that passes all understanding trusting that He is with us. Are you seeking Him wholeheartedly?
