GOD, I’M BLINDLY FOLLOWING YOUR LEAD

 

No shame in my game! Like the other day, I’m sitting on this Minnie Mouse stool in my bedroom, all frustrated, upset, and sad about a situation that had come up. It’s my place to go and have conversations with God. I was sincerely praying and asking God for His direction, when, out of the blue, I got a text message from a friend in the Bahamas of Devon Franklin saying a prayer:

 

“Heavenly Father, we’re praying right now for anyone listening to (or reading) this prayer. There is so much confusion going on right now. There is so much worry. So much anxiety. So much uncertainty. And I’m praying right now that if you are listening to this prayer, that you will know that this prayer is for you.

 

There are so many people who are trying to figure out, ‘What are we supposed to do?’ …There are so many unanswered questions…You may be losing hope…You may be throwing your hands up. But I pray right now, as you throw your hands up, that you will begin to put your hands together. PRAYER DOES CHANGE THINGS.

 

I pray, Dear Lord, that you will provide clarity on what to do. If you’re listening to this prayer, MAY I SUBMIT FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION THAT THIS IS CONFIRMATION THAT GOD HEARS YOU. And if God has allowed you to hear this prayer, its because He has every intent to help you. So, I pray, Dear Lord, that you will send the help, you will send the clarity. You will meet the need as only you can do it. If you can feel God’s Presence through what I am saying, let that be confirmation to you that God’s not going to bring you this far to leave you. He will not take you to this moment and drop you. Have the faith to know that God is going to carry you everywhere He wants you to be…”

 

Wow! I couldn’t believe it! There I was praying for CLARITY, and the title of the prayer was ‘Praying for CLARITY.’ I knew this was no coincidence, but like Devon said, it was confirmation that God was not going to bring me this far and leave me. That HE was in the midst of this troublesome situation with me. Devon and I were even wearing the same shirts as proof, black, buttoned all the way to the top, polo shirts. (Wink! Wink!)

 

After feeling so down and depressed and canceling on the girls about going somewhere with them, I jumped up, getting my mojo back, knowing God was with me, and headed out to meet them. 

 

If you’re reading this, know that this is confirmation for you, too, that God is in whatever situation you may be facing. Look to Him, and He will give you the guidance and clarity as to what He would have you to do. Amen. I’m blindly following Him one step at a time wherever He leads me KNOWING He has nothing but the best plans for my life. That’s FAITH, baby!

 

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“GOD, THANK YOU THAT YOU DIDN’T GIVE ME MY PLANS FOR THIS YEAR…”

You gave me Your plans. And Your plans far exceed my plans.” That’s the prayer I’m stealing from Devon Franklin. This year that seemed as if it was my worst year ever is turning into my best year where I’m feeling so much closer to God. Even my most terrible days are turned into sweet days when He reveals His invisble Presence with me. And, tell me, what is there to be sad or upset about when the Creator of the entire universe is showing you such love and attention?

Yesterday, I went a little crazy in a video playing a clip of Justin Bieber singing his song, ‘Favorite Girl,’ feeling God is singing the lyrics to me: 

“My prized possession

One and only…

My favorite girl, my favorite girl

Promise I’ll play no games

Treat you no other way than you deserve

‘Cause you’re the girl of my dreams’

The cool part is that He gave me this job to tell you that you are His fav, too, the star of His show, baby. He dreamt us up Himself. Our skin color. Our eye color. Our likes and dislikes. Our voice. Our personality. Our hair texture. Our gifts and talents. Everything about us, all dreamt up by Him, and He loves us more than we can ever imagine.

My prayer is that in 2020 we all get closer to Him, KNOWING His love for us no matter where we are, even if we’re at ground zero. I feel that if I take one step forward, I then take ten backward, but that’s OK because every setback is an opportunity for an even stronger comeback – I learn vital lessons that He would have me to learn. My help comes from the Lord!

I feel like so many areas are off track, but I ain’t worried ‘bout nothing – God got me, messed up life and all. And that’s where I want you, knowing He will help you too, no matter the struggles you are facing.

My new strategy for living my best life with Him is to give Him all the heavier end of things, while I carry the lighter end, knowing He is in total control of everything and everyone (Wink! Wink!). I don’t have to figure out the next ten steps. I just have to show up every day as my best, most excellent, loving self, shining bright for God, as He directs me on the battles I need to fight and the ones I should leave with Him.

Are you learning God’s voice for His guidance and direction? Start paying attention to Him in your spirit. If something feels good, you’re excited about it, if it’s a big “YES!!!’ that’s God saying, ‘Yes, this is the way.’ However, feelings of doubt, stress or anxiety are His way of saying, ‘Hold up. Let’s hold off/rethink this.’ In the 1,000 decisions we make every day, I want us to go to God first!

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A WHOLE NEW PERSPECTIVE FOR LIFE

That’s what God gives me! I’m talking in every aspect, He has changed me.

In trying to get our business here on track here in Florida, my hope is in God, baby. That little by little, we’ll do our best in the physical realm, and He’ll do His best for us working in the spiritual realm (Wink! Wink!). Even if we’re at nothing, God can turn our nothing into something. My attitude is, ‘Didn’t God create the entire universe from nothing? Is anything too dificult for Him.’

I feel His Presence strongly in my sprit, giving us His direction in what He would have us to do, solutions to challenges that pop up, and strategies to improve, and even sending people to assist us. I’m also, importantly, learning to be brave. My husband is in Nigeria, and I’m here having to make decisions without him, but I’m continually looking to God. So, knowing I’m not tackling this alone, and that God is standing with me, gives me the strength, courage, patience, and endurance to keep going. Even with our losses and mistakes, God uses them to teach us valuable lessons to move forward better than ever.

In the parenting department, I just spoke to my Emmanuels (hubby and two sons). They’re all hanging together today. Every moment my sons are around their dad, I know they’re learning from him essential values for living their best lives – discipline, a strong work ethic, and our family’s way of conducting business in a way that honors God. Not that we get it right all the time, but that’s our aim, and to treat customers how we would like to be treated. I’m seriously missing them, but I’m entrusting them to God. I’m not there, but He is.

As far as our marriage, God has also changed my perspective. It was a conversation with hubs recently when I said to him that my brother Kevin has been keeping me cool during this quarantine period, and he asked, “Why is it that Kevin has to keep you cool?” I told him that I wasn’t finding it funny knowing he was all the way in Nigeria without me. But, when I thought about it, hubs was right. I shouldn’t need my brother to remind me of how blessed I am to have this amazing husband who has stood with me for the last almost 19 years. He has truly earned my love, trust and respect. We go through our ups and downs, but our commitment to stick it out for better or for worse stands intact more than ever. I show up as the best wife, and I leave the rest with God (Wink! Wink!). Sometimes that may mean pretending to be deaf, dumb and blind because no one is perfect, but yesterday God reminded me: “Love to be blind, since it is I (God) who am leading you if you really want to put your hand in Mine. Don’t you think fathers are happy when their little girls leave everything to them in simple tenderness?” – He and I

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“WILL COMPLETELY KNOCK THE WIND OUT OF OUR SAILS”

Those were the words from Devon Franklin that got my attention in a Youtube sermon. He said:

“There will be things that happen to us, traumas and tragedies and challenges, that will stop us in our tracks. That will completely knock the wind out of our sails. It’s going to happen. The rain falls on the just and the unjust. That’s what the word says. The key is not when those moments happen. The key is how do we respond to them. One of the most critical things in life is to keep moving to KEEP GOING. Yes, I’m hurt. I don’t have all the answers, but I’ve decided who I am. So, even in the midst of the hurt, I gotta keep moving in the direction of where I’m being called.

I don’t know who I’m talking to tonight, but God is telling me to tell you, ‘It’s time to move again.” What you went through was real, but even the Israelites had a specific time to mourn the loss of Moses, and then God said, ‘Yo, mourning time is up. You got to get up and go to the Promised Land. I know Moses is not going to make it with you. I know you’re sad about that, but you got to keep moving; you got to KEEP GOING.

I loved this portion of the sermon so much, I did a scrappy screen recording of it and shared it on YouTube yesterday evening, giving it the title, “KEEP GOING” thinking someone else may need to hear that message. Fast forward to this morning, I opened my meditation book, He and I, and look what incredibly showed up from where I had last left off from:

“The keynote, Lord?”

“KEEP GOING (Wink! Wink!). Do good.”

Wow! Another God wink where, out of the blue, everything lines up EXTREMELY too perfectly to be some ordinary coincident. It was God lovingly figuring out a way of letting me know that this was a message from Him to me. I’m telling you; God is in the fires with us. He is in the storms with He. He is in the struggles with us.

What kind of love is this? A love that I want to share with you, so you don’t miss out on an extraordinary life with God. Yes, like Devon said, “The rain falls on the just and the unjust,” but we can be confident that it’s from the hands of a loving God who doesn’t make mistakes.

The thing that knocked the wind out of my sail was one of the best things that could have happened to me. God has given me a new life where I can rest on His heart, while still moving towards His purpose for my life, knowing that His yoke is easy and His burden is light as He walks with me. As I surrender all my worries and concerns over to Him, I can just show up as my best, most loving, happiest, joyful, and peaceful self, knowing He is fighting my battles for me. I do my best with them, and confidently leave the rest with Him. Amen. He said to me through the ‘He and I’ meditation book that it hurts Him when I worry and lack faith in Him. So, whenever I catch myself anxious or stressed, I lovingly smile at Him and say, “God, I’m trusting you with that.”

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