“I AM THE GOD WHO MAKES YOU STRONG”

That was my God wink shopping in BJ’s the other day for foodstuff. I had randomly opened one of my fav meditations books, ‘Jesus Always,’ to see what He had to say to me, and with EVERYTHING I have going on right now, trust me, I NEEDED THAT REMINDER. “I can do all things through Him who strengthens me.” The book continued:

“Thank Me for your insufficiency that helps you depending on Me. Rejoice in My infinite sufficiency! I am the One who makes your pathway safe. This includes protection from worry and excessive planning. Instead of gazing into the unknown future, try to be mindful of Me as you journey through this day. Remain in communication with Me, letting my guiding Presence keep you on course. I will go before you as well as beside you – clearing away obstacles on the path up ahead. Trust Me to make conditions on your pathway the very best for you.”

“He is the God who makes me strong, who makes my pathway safe.” – Psalm 18:32

Heehaw! And this is precisely what my experience has been with God. He goes ahead of me and beside me as I take on whatever challenges that come my way making the very best pathway for me where the solutions to problems come, people to assist me magically show up, and moment by moment guidance of what steps to take from Him. I’m even getting to the point of enjoying, not enduring trials because of the sweetness of God’s Presence with me. The sweet life with God, baby!

We can, therefore, calmly, joyfully, and confidently tackle anything that comes our way knowing we are never alone and that God is always with us fighting battles on our behalf in the spiritual realm. We can then focus on working with Him, doing our best in the physical realm working as if we work FOR and WITH God Himself doing our best with whatever He would have us to do.

I loved some special winks from Him yesterday, where I watched an old video of myself where I quoted from a meditation book where God said to me, “I bless and keep you. I make my face shine upon you.” Minutes later He confirmed this message in that same meditation book:

“The Lord make His face to shine upon you, and be gracious to you.” – Numbers 6:25

Later that night, the message showed up in an appointment with my daughter, Julie, and sweetly in the middle of the night when I couldn’t sleep, I listened to a sermon from Devon Franklin feeling like he had a direct message from God to me. Right after the address from Devon, Joel Osteen takes over and says a prayer, which I pray for us all:

“May the Lord bless you and keep you. May the Lord show you His favor and have mercy on you. May the Lord watch over you and give you His peace.”

Amen! Another one of my God winks where everything lines up a little bit too perfect to be a regular coincident. It was God sweetly reminding me that entire day and night that His Presence is always with me, and with you as well.

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MARRIAGE AND SINGLE MATTERS
Check out that Devon Franklyn Youtube video for today:

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HEALTH MATTERS
TIME TO MAKE THE SMOOTHIE!

I make big bathces and keep refrigerated or frozen for about a week at a time. It’s my medicine every day to stay as healthy as possible. Its blended with lots of greeens like spianch, kale, romaine lettuce, celery, cucumbers, carrots and whatever fruit I have on hand like apples, pears, pineapple and frozen berries. Take care of your body and it will take care of you!

“Let food be thy medicine!”

FEELING LIKE GOD’S BAD BITCH

So, I went out on a long run with Him today to discuss whether or not to continue my postings with my videos and blogs, given everything I have going on right now. Almost at the end of the run, feeling all hyped up and strong, I said to Him, ‘I’m telling everyone that I’m the definition of a BAD BITCH, so what the heck, the videos, and blog continue. AT THAT VERY MOMENT (no lie!), I was listening to the song Ballin, and the lyrics unbelievably says, “Got a BAD BITCH.” Wink! Wink! And I took it, of course, as one of my God winks where everything lines up a little bit too perfect to be a regular coincident, it was God Himself confirming, ‘Yes, Nik, you are My bad bitch!’

That goes for us all! I know it’s a scary time, but we have to see ourselves as unafraid, bold, heroic, brave, courageous, tough, strong, unflinching, confident, fierce, handling our business kind of people KNOWING GOD HIMSELF IS BACKING US UP. No time for playing weak, poor old me, victims, no, we’re soldiers for God doing our thing for our families, communities, and our world. Amen!

But at the same time, we’re also soft:

“God is love, and he that dwelleth in love dwelleth in God, and God in him.” – 1 John 4:16

Which is sometimes the hardest part, let me tell ya. That’s when the real badness comes out when we can let go of the hurts, disappointments, distresses, failures, mistakes, and pain and be the heroic, staying on the high road, loving, forgiving, nonjudgmental, gentle, faithful, and humble bad people God asks us to be. Not conforming to the world or what anyone else expects of us but simply keeping our lives intertwined with God constantly asking Him, “What would You have me to do here?”

“Don’t lose your grip on Love and Loyalty.

Tie them around your neck; carve their initials on your heart.

Earn a reputation for living well

in God’s eyes and the eyes of the people.

Trust God from the bottom of your heart;

don’t try to figure out everything on your own.

Listen for God’s voice in everything you do, everywhere you go;

he’s the one who will keep you on track.” – Proverbs 3:3-6

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MARRIAGE AND SINGLE MATTERS
Check out my Youtube video for today:

LIVE IN GOD, LIVE IN LOVE

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HEALTH MATTERS
No sweets for three weeks!

Starting tomorrow! Care to join me and my sister, Patrice, on our journey of never ending self improvement? Coming out of the quaratined better people, all for God’s glory!

“Let food be thy medicine!”

“YOU WILL THANK ME ONCE YOU DO THIS”

That’s was me to a friend recently. She replied, “No, Nikki, why does it have to be me. I’m standing my ground. I’m NOT doing it.” I asked her, “What would make God happy here? He is the one protecting our families during this Coronavirus situation. Can you do this for Him? Everything is between Him and us, remember.” But, just like me, my friend is pretty stubborn, and again she said, “Nikki, no. Not this time.” Fast forward a day later, she calls me so happy saying, “Nikki, thank you for the advice. I finally did what you said.”

And that’s my experience with God. When I operate from the perspective of, ‘God, what would You have me to do here?’ things work out so much better than I can imagine. God has been my awesome Guide. (SMILE)

It hasn’t been easy, though. The crazy lady wants to make an appearance, but I’ve learned to catch myself and go to God when these negative emotions want to get the best of me. He lovingly says, ‘Take out all your frustrations on Me. Tell Me everything that is upsetting you, and let’s discuss the best way forward TOGETHER.’ I open up my meditation books, read some old posts or watch one of my terrible videos (from a saner Nikki) and I then know what God would have me to do: Nik, shine bright. Reflect Me to a watching world going the extra mile in love and faith in Me.

God again showed up for me yesterday when I shared these verses with my daughter, Julie:

“Trust in the Lord with all your heart

and lean not on your own understanding;

in all your ways acknowledge him,

and he will make your paths straight.” – Proverbs 3:5-6_

Right after that I did a video repeating the verses. Then fast forward a few hours when I was feeling overwhelmed, they showed up again in an alone time with God. Minutes later, I asked (more like forced!) my daughter, Ember, to have an appointment with God with me, she picked Day 94 of 366 devotionals from my book that incredibly began:

“IN ALL YOUR WAYS ACKNOWLEDGE HIM”

I’m in love with these Bible verses: _

“Lean on, trust in, and be confident in the Lord with all your heart and mind and do not rely on your own insight or understanding. In all your ways know, recognize, and acknowledge Him, and He will direct and make straight and plain your paths” (Proverbs 3:5-6).”

Wink! Wink! I gave Ember the biggest hug feeling she picked the very number God Himself wanted me to read and let me know that His invisble Presence is always with me. Forget about it! I’m inviting Him into every moment of my life. Even the messy, difficult, and challenging ones always asking, ‘God, what would You have me to do here?’ That’s how He guides me to a joyful, peaceful, and successful life as I trust in Him. Amen.

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MARRIAGE AND SINGLE MATTERS

GOD TURNED MY WEEPING TO JOY

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HEALTH MATTERS

I’m thanking God for my runs every day with Him. No alcohol, no drugs, but lots of God helped me through this one!

“Let food be thy medicine!”

GOD, I’M SO ASHAMED

‘God, what is wrong with me? I should be better than this.’ That was me to Him yesterday evening, again sitting in my closet/office having an alone time with Him. I felt embarrassed about holding on to a hurt for a little too long that I kept crying to Him about, feeling so silly.

Fast forward a few hours later, He replied through Dr. Wayne Dyer when he quoted this Rumi poem:

“The Water said to the dirty one, “Come here.”The dirty one said, “I am too ashamed.”The water replied, “How will your shame be washed away without me?”

Dr. Dyer explained that the “Water” represents God, and it is Him saying, “How will your shame be washed away without me. In other words, the only way you can get rid of the stuff that’s not working for you, the pain that you have, the struggle you have, is when you go to your Source.”

See how God comes and stoops to our level once we invite Him to be apart of our lives. Like He just came and sat with me, “Nik, I’m the water that washes away all your dirt. You coming to me in your painful and struggling moments is how we get rid of them together. I’m the best option to help you with those things.”

My meditation book, Jesus As Friend, also had this to say to me:

“And not just accepting the humiliation, but loving it – loving our own wretchedness and thanking the Lord for letting us really know ourselves… the goodness and Providence of God want us there so we mature and become more united to Him.”

This is exactly what has happened. I got an opportunity to examine some craziness I’ve been dealing with for a long time now, and most importantly, it got me closer to God as He helped me to mature and become the Nik He would have me to be. Heehaw! Thanks, Water! I feel like David in Psalm 73:“When I was beleaguered and bitter,
totally consumed by envy,

I was totally ignorant, a dumb ox
in your very presence.
I’m still in your presence,
but you’ve taken my hand.
You wisely and tenderly lead me,and then you bless me.”

Thank You, God, once again for Your guidance and for being the water that washes away all our dirt and help us to become better. Amen.

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