“YOU HUMILIATED ME AT LUNCH ON SUNDAY!!!”
That was me to my daughter, Julie, yesterday. And I continued, “Thank you, I needed that embarrassment!” I was asking everyone conversation questions, and one came up as to what we obsess about, and my daughter hit the nail on the head as to what her mom is a little bit too crazy over lately. For her to call me out like that was EXACTLY the wake-up call I needed. God had this to say to me as well in an appointment with Him yesterday::
“‘Those I love, I reprove and chasten (humiliate)’ (Rev 3:19).
Therefore, my friend, our supernatural reaction to this humiliation should be an act of deep gratitude: ‘I thank you, Lord, for you have humbled me.’… your soul soaked in humility and will give greater holiness to your life – and very probably an unsuspected effectiveness to your activity…now you have the opportunity to know some defect in your character, in your formation or in your attitudes. You are not worse; or at least you are in the best position to set about being better… You will now know where the evil lies that you should eliminate, you know the defect you should fight against, and you know what you should avoid…”
Julie revealed a severe defect in my character, and now I know where the evil lies that I can work on being better. “When I am weak, then I am strong.” I can now work on catching myself in those moments and have a little conversation with God, who is my constant Companion. I can present everything to Him, and we can hash it out together. He’s my therapist and He says I can say anything I want to Him, but to others, I must practice SILENCE. God, I’m working on that one!
What defect do you have in your character that you need to work on with God? Thanks to Julie, I now know mines! Get God involved in every aspect of your life. That’s the essence of all these blogs and vlogs that God wants to be intimately involved in our lives to help us. That’s the great news I have that we can walk hand in hand in every moment seeking God’s love, guidance, and help no matter the struggles we face. Let’s live our best lives with Him! Thanks, my Julie and Ember. Our fierce babes’ alliance remains STRONG, where we help each other work on both our strengths and weaknesses. May God help us all. Amen!
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SOMETIMES YOU HAVE TO WALK THROUGH SOME DUCK POOP
That was my grand revelation the other day as I ran through a batch of duck droppings to get to my fav place to run these days (under the shade of my 47 trees God had perfectly lined up for me in celebration of my recent 47th birthday!). And that’s life! We’re going to have to deal with some crappy times! Not every day is all sunshiny and bright, let me tell ya, but these dark times are on the way to our own personal promised lands. Heehaw!
God knows what He is doing for us. Nothing is wasted with God! He uses these dark times to stretch, mold, grow, and teach us and, most importantly, BRING US CLOSER TO HIM. My worst times become my best times. They are when I had to lean on and wholly depend on God. I was running to Him every minute, ‘God, what do I do here?’ And He is always available to help guide me through the most complicated of issues. Don’t play with God, He is an expert in everything!!!
Solutions to problems would magically pop in my head, when I know I’m not that smart. People would show up to assist me. Like a professional who met with my husband and I for free for three hours to help us sort through a challenge that had come up. God is amazing! To the point I just TRUST Him completely! God may kill me, but still I will trust Him.
How’s your relationship with God? He has asked me to help bring you closer to Him. Don’t miss out on all this love and attention. Human love is duck poop compared to God’s love. Oh my goodness! No one can love the way God does. Even that my worst times become my best times because in my weakness, His strength comes through with Him seeming to ask, ‘Who is messing with my Nik!’ What was meant to harm me is miraculously turned into my good when it brings me closer to God, wrapped up in His love as HIS GIRL. I then can respond to situations and other people from there, being the strong, courageous, and brave Nik, but yet still soft, gentle, loving, and forgiving. God, thank You!!!! Have your appointments with Him reading or listening to anything spiritual. He has lots to tell you! WALK WITH HIM IN EVERY MOMENT, seeking His wisdom, strength, and LOVE.
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“I’M ON STRIKE!!!” (REPOST)
I decided not to take that sucker punch so easily after all. With God’s guidance, I’ve decided to fight this battle peacefully. After my husband called my brother to complain about me, I called him back to give my side of the story and to ask for him to give my husband our family’s response to the matter (having some fun with this African culture thing!). However, I wasn’t expecting this from my brother in a Whatsapp voice message:
“You helped me when I was in that predicament. You calmed my wife down. You helped to sort things out for me. I don’t see why I can’t help sort out things for you. Life is a two-way street. A lot of people only see from their perspective. They don’t even see the streets. Some of them have tunnel vision. Those who see it from two ways are the ones who are going to make it. And honestly Nikki, I hate to be the one to say this to you, you in this thing, you are the one who taught me about believing in God and everything else. And you have to trust that He (God) will level this thing out. No matter how He does it. You have to let God level this out. You can’t level it out.
Only thing you can do now to help, especially those beautiful children you have, you have to show them how to keep a solid head. You have to let them admire you for being a strong woman. And more than anything else, the people on the other side that are causing all this ruckus, you have to let them see you like an individual they’ve never seen before. How this woman get so strong? Living her life and not even checking. You don’t have to check for nobody. You are well taken care of. And more so than anything else, I have to put in a word for Manny (my husband). Nikki, you could have run into somebody who could have left you with all those children and you don’t know your head from your elbow. Don’t say it can’t happen. It can happen. You have to understand that he is a stand-up guy. Oh, he has his ways, we know that. But he’s there with his family.”
Wow! So true! I know I have the best husband in the world, and honestly, in thinking about it, I’m going with my brother’s advice, and I will let God level this situation out. God, I trust You. Amen. The strike is officially called off; Back to being the best wife in the world!
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LIVING MY BEST AND BLESSED LIFE WITH GOD
DEPRESSING THOUGHTS, PLEASE, GO AWAY!!!
TODAY, I RAN SIX MILES IN TWO HOURS UP AND DOWN THE STAIRS OF OUR HOUSE!!! I’m working on a better me, baby! The goal was to get rid of the old Nik and my constant sad and hurtful thoughts, and for a happier and more focused person to emerge. And so far, I think it did the trick! I’ve learned that if I don’t control my thoughts, they will take control of me. Let me tell you, the quality of our thoughts WILL determine the quality of your life!
The run was fantastic! I did another one of my Coach Andy Nike Run Club runs and heard the incredible story of his guest athlete, Lopez Lomong, from being kidnapped in Sudan as a six-year-old kid by rebel soldiers to being an Olympic athlete representing the United States years later.
But, in between listening to his story, I pretty much played one song repeatedly, ‘Let Me Be The One To Love You,’ (William Singe’s version) imagining God singing these lyrics to me:
“You should let Me love you
Let me be the One to
Give you everything you want and need
Ooh baby good love and protection
Make Me your selection
Show you the way love’s supposed to be
Baby love you”
After hearing that one song so many times I said, “God, You got it! I will let You be the One to love me!” Phew! So when the depressing thoughts and reminders come up again about some hurts and disappointments from the past, I can now say, “Go away!!! God’s girl here!” and I can instead focus on God’s love and be happy, keeping no more records of wrongs.
On Saturday, I was asking Him to help me wrap my head around a situation and He answered me. As I was in one part of our bedroom reading my meditation book, my son, Joshie, was asking my husband a question and at the very same time I read the word “SUPPORT,” my husband was responding to our son with the exact word. LIKE PERFECTLY TIMED!!! Of course, I took this as another one of my God winks when out of the blue, everything lines up STRANGELY TOO PERFECTLY, with an important message from God for all of us:
“Of Bearing the Defects of Others
But now God has disposed things that we may learn to bear one another’s burdens; for there is no one without defects, no one without burdens, no one sufficient for himself, no one wise enough for himself, but we must SUPPORT one another, comfort one another, assist, instruct and admonish one another.” – Imitation of Christ
Can we do that for Him? Honestly, that’s what I took from that conversation from Lopez today, how everywhere he went, he considered everyone family the way he was SUPPORTED through his horrific journey. My fav were the boys who helped him to escape the rebel camp who he called his angels. They knew his older brother and immediately when he was brought there, they met him and said something like, “Don’t worry, we’ll take care of you. We’re family.” And they did.
I believe we’re not the human race; we’re the human family! Let’s go the extra mile in loving, supporting, assisting, instructing, and admonishing one another. God is our BOSS, and our reward is with Him. And let Him be the one to love us! His love is more than enough! Wink! Wink!
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DEPRESSING THOUGHTS, PLEASE, GO AWAY!!!
TODAY, I RAN SIX MILES IN TWO HOURS UP AND DOWN THE STAIRS OF OUR HOUSE!!! I’m working on a better me, baby! The goal was to get rid of the old Nik and my constant sad and hurtful thoughts, and for a happier and more focused person to emerge. And so far, I think it did the trick! I’ve learned that if I don’t control my thoughts, they will take control of me. Let me tell you, the quality of our thoughts WILL determine the quality of your life!
The run was fantastic! I did another one of my Coach Andy Nike Run Club runs and heard the incredible story of his guest athlete, Lopez Lomong, from being kidnapped in Sudan as a six-year-old kid by rebel soldiers to being an Olympic athlete representing the United States years later.
But, in between listening to his story, I pretty much played one song repeatedly, ‘Let Me Be The One To Love You,’ (William Singe’s version) imagining God singing these lyrics to me:
“You should let Me love you
Let me be the One to
Give you everything you want and need
Ooh baby good love and protection
Make Me your selection
Show you the way love’s supposed to be
Baby love you”
After hearing that one song so many times I said, “God, You got it! I will let You be the One to love me!” Phew! So when the depressing thoughts and reminders come up again about some hurts and disappointments from the past, I can now say, “Go away!!! God’s girl here!” and I can instead focus on God’s love and be happy, keeping no more records of wrongs.
On Saturday, I was asking Him to help me wrap my head around a situation and He answered me. As I was in one part of our bedroom reading my meditation book, my son, Joshie, was asking my husband a question and at the very same time I read the word “SUPPORT,” my husband was responding to our son with the exact word. LIKE PERFECTLY TIMED!!! Of course, I took this as another one of my God winks when out of the blue, everything lines up STRANGELY TOO PERFECTLY, with an important message from God for all of us:
“Of Bearing the Defects of Others
But now God has disposed things that we may learn to bear one another’s burdens; for there is no one without defects, no one without burdens, no one sufficient for himself, no one wise enough for himself, but we must SUPPORT one another, comfort one another, assist, instruct and admonish one another.” – Imitation of Christ
Can we do that for Him? Honestly, that’s what I took from that conversation from Lopez today, how everywhere he went, he considered everyone family the way he was SUPPORTED through his horrific journey. My fav were the boys who helped him to escape the rebel camp who he called his angels. They knew his older brother and immediately when he was brought there, they met him and said something like, “Don’t worry, we’ll take care of you. We’re family.” And they did.
I believe we’re not the human race; we’re the human family! Let’s go the extra mile in loving, supporting, assisting, instructing, and admonishing one another. God is our BOSS, and our reward is with Him. And let Him be the one to love us! His love is more than enough! Wink! Wink!
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OD EVEN WHEN I MUST WALK THROUGH DUCK POOP
I’VE MISSED YOU, JIMMY WEST!!!
We’re old Facebook friends, and today he shared this with me, and I want to share it with the world. It’s truly where I want us all, walking with God on a daily, hourly, and on a moment by moment basis. I’m enjoying God on a new level, but enough of me, here is Jimmy:
“When you spend every hour of every day with God the Father, you can not help but become like him. When I say spend time with God, I do not mean to remain silent, knowing he is there. I mean totally sharing your life with him in a spiritual realm, where you are speaking to him, and he is speaking to your spiritual ear. I mean TOTAL self-giving where you put him above everything else. I mean making his joy, your purpose in life. I mean living to be a blessing to him and ALL mankind. It is where you are constantly looking for ways to be a blessing, ANY WAY YOU CAN.
If you want to be righteous, it is not a part-time effort. You MUST hand everything over to God – every worry, every anxiety, all depression, every need. If you don’t, you will be too distracted to stay close to him. When you are able to do that, he will take care of all of it. It will take faith, trust, and patience.
It can be difficult to do. It will require a love-filled heart and a life of kindness. That means you aren’t being kind because it is the “Christian thing” to do. You have to be kind because it is YOUR essence – you absolutely are fed and nurtured by your kindness to God and others.
Like I said, it can be difficult, but only at first. It will, over time, become a way of life, and when it does you have achieved the highest level of spiritual maturity and are living in the favor of God.
Here is a prayer of self-giving you can say, every day, if necessary, to help you achieve a loving, righteous daily relationship with your friend and Father. Give it a try. It IS his will for all of us.
PRAYER OF SELF GIVING
Most Heavenly Father, I commit from this day forward to give You my entire being, 100% mind, body and soul.
Today I make you number one in my life over everything else.
My desire is to put your needs above mine, so please refresh my
spirit so that I may hear your spiritual voice.
I rebuke my flesh and desire to only hear the Holy Spirit.
I make it my purpose in life to be a blessing to You at all times.
Please lead me and change me so that I can become one-in spirit with You, I will begin to share your nature, becoming like You.
That is my heart’s desire to be filled with love, kindness, mercy, goodness, patience, tolerance, understanding, and joy.
I offer myself as your loving child today and ask You to be my loving father.
I place myself, my very life, in your hands with complete trust, knowing that You are all I can depend on, and the only way I can survive.
I take all my fears, worries, anxieties and doubts, and hand them over to You, knowing that by doing that, I am allowing You to deal with them for me.
Lord, I have complete faith in your desire and ability to meet my every need.
Sweet Lord, I commit from this day on, to living a life of kindness to all.
To sum up this prayer of redemption, sweet Lord, I offer you my complete, true, unrestricted LOVE. You, and your joy, are my purpose in life.
Thank You for accepting me as your loving child today.
I pray this in the Name of Jesus, to You, The Father, AMEN!
Now go and live this prayer. Spend every waking hour thinking about and speaking to God. Share your life with him. A true relationship requires two-way communication, and I don’t mean prayer. Just talk to him. When it isn’t convenient to speak to him orally, speak to him mentally. Look for ways to bless. Start every day with a commitment to kindness. Every time you think about God, tell him that you love him. Why act like Jesus, when you can be like Jesus. Give God what he wants – you. You will never regret it.
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