âWHAT HAVE I DONE TO DESERVE THE KINDNESS OF MY GOD?â
Honestly, thatâs how Iâm feeling! God shows me such LOVE AND ATTENTION that Iâm always blown away. I told my cook today, âIâm so spoilt!â I only had leftover mangoes from yesterday from our tree when Iâve grown accustomed to having fresh ones. Spoilt girl for sure!
But while talking with her, I saw a bird eating from our guava tree, and I remembered these verses from the Bible:
âLook at the birds of the air, for they neither sow nor reap nor gather into barns; yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not of more value than they? Which of you by worrying can add one cubit to his stature?
âTherefore do not worry, saying, âWhat shall we eat?â or âWhat shall we drink?â or âWhat shall we wear?â For after all these things the Gentiles seek. For your heavenly Father knows that you need all these things. But seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things shall be added to you. Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about its own things. Sufficient for the day is its own trouble.â â Mathew 6:26-27, 32-34
And this is where I am with God. I trust that whatever I need will be provided for when I need it. Like I just had a conversation with two gentlemen who I have no doubt were sent by God to help me. Even one day when I thought I was on my own to handle something urgently, they showed up. So, whenever I see them, Iâm reminded of Godâs love for me. They came to our business for help fixing their car, and we ended up hiring them. There were the feelings of peace that I look for from God when making any decision. It was as if God Himself said, âYes, Nik, hire them.â And theyâve guided and help us so much. God, weâre grateful.
Have you invited God to be a part of your life in every moment? Just start paying attention to your intuition/gut/feelings. He is always speaking once you get to know His voice. The day my husband asked me to meet these gentlemen, I was FLOODED with feelings of peace. And those feelings led us to make a GREAT decision. On the other hand, the person they replaced, always gave me feelings of frustration, drama, confusion, and stress. That was God saying, âFire him!â
Donât miss out on a life close to God!!! I WANT YOU ASKING TOO, âWHAT HAVE I DONE TO DESERVE THE KINDNESS OF MY GOD?â
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I WAS HURT BADLY!!!
This life is FULL of disappointments, let me tell ya! But the way God shows up to comfort and guide me through
âIf you only knew what compassion really isâthe compassion you must strive to imitate! Overlooking everything to stoop to a heartâs needs, paying no attention to any disappointments or ingratitude, BEING EVEN KINDER TO THOSE WHO HAVE HURT YOU. Just be your Christ for them. If you make this your intention Iâll be seen in you.â
God knows every thought I think, and He is the only one who knows how Iâve been feeling. So, for this to show up was Him giving me specific directions as to how He would have me moving forward. I simply smiled with Him as He took away all the hurt Iâve been feeling. âYes, Boss. Anything for You. I will let everyone see You in me.â
Will you give God the joy of inviting Him to be a part of your life? He loves when we involve Him in our every day, ordinary lives. I just had a great talk with my daughter, Julie, about pausing and seeking Godâs input before she makes any decision. I said if you feel excited, at peace and not stressed when you think about going in a particular direction, thatâs God saying itâs OK. However, if youâre uneasy, stressed, uptight and NOT at peace when you think about doing something, thatâs God saying, âDONâT DO THAT!!!â And all day, we can go to Him for His input before we make any move. He loves us that much!!!
He has NEVER disappointed me! The times I donât seek His guidance are the times I regret. He has beautifully guided my life on the best path. Iâm Godâs spoilt girl over here. So when He tells me to overlook, Iâm Mrs. Overlooker!! (SMILE) Living my BEST life with God, baby!
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âTHIS IS VERY FRUSTRATING!â (REPOST)
I complained to God. Itâs an ongoing issue that has become my cross, and He is helping me to carry it joyfully (most of the time!). I love that I can go to Him in all my terrible moments and look at things from His Almighty perspective. He had me reread this prayer:
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And speaking of being FULL of anxiety, that was me yesterday, and I immediately RAN to Him. I reread some old posts, including my fav lately:
âCome to me all you who labor and carry heavy burdens, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon your shoulders and learn from me, for I am gentle and humble of heart, here you will find rest for your soul. For my yoke is easy and my burden is light.â Matthew 11:28-30
She (a priest) called our attention to the image of the yoke, a wooden bar or frame by which two draft animals such as oxen are joined at the heads or necks for working together. She said she could imagine Jesus (God) already wearing the yoke and inviting us to let Him be our Partner as we bear our burdens together with Him. She said when things get harder (and they will get harder) Jesus (God) would not let his side of the yoke go.
I loved this part so much that I listened to it repeatedly, imagining God and I clasped together with this piece of wood holding our heads together. I especially loved it because now Iâm WISELY learning to let God lead the direction we go in, on a moment by moment basis. Itâs not always easy, and at times it takes serious DISCIPLINE not to be the crazy, drama Nik who wants to make an appearance. But Godâs ways always lead me to make the utmost best decisions no matter the tough situation. I never regret following His leading, even when He takes me out of my comfort zone on some treacherous paths.â
Are you going to God in your sad, frustrating, painful, anxious and other awful moments? Let’s bear all our burdens with Him.
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BE GREAT AT WHAT YOU DO; GOD IS OUR BOSS (REPOST)
Yesterday I was headed out for a little get together with the kids when I went to my husbandâs office to say goodbye to him before leaving. While there, he had some challenges with something important weâre working on and I had to have another conversation with God: Do I say, âSorry, sweetie, but youâre on your own with this!â Or do I strive to be the faithful, supportive wife?â The feeling from Him was to forget the party and help out hubby. And the kids went ahead without me!
Just an example of how I try to get God involved in every decision I make, always seeking to be the best person He would have me to be. Like I ALWAYS say, everything is between God and us and not between us and anyone else. Whether my husband is the worst husband or the best husband, my job is to SEEK Godâs guidance on what HE would have me to do, and be obedient to Him. Full stop. Period.
This is the way to a life specially guided by God! Continually going to Him and paying attention to where our spirit/gut/intuition is leading us on a moment by moment basis.
Like I wanted to give up the posts for a little bit to focus on some other things for a while, but of course, asking God first as to what He would have me to do. Well, He answered me. Firstly, it was this morning asking my daughter, Julie, to have an appointment with God with me and of all the books I have on my phone for us to read together, she says to me, âActually, mom, I just like reading your posts on Instagram.â
Then I go to see a client today and as soon as I arrived the receptionist says, âI just finished reading your post about your niece.â All Godâs way of saying, âNik, the posts must continue!â And I say, âOf course, Boss!â
God is always communicating with us, and I want us genuinely living in our God space weâre always giving our best, all for His glory! Being our most loving, forgiving, loyal, patient, diligent, going the extra mile selves. Heâs with us in EVERY moment, guiding and directing us. Thatâs if we choose to listen and PAY ATTENTION.
I loved a God wink yesterday when I said to a customer whoâs a bit anxious, âStop stressing; GOD IS IN CONTROL,â and like an hour later, as I finally headed out to the party to meet up with the kids, a vehicle passed me with a bumper sticking saying, âGOD IS IN CONTROL.â Wink! Wink! As if God Himself was saying, ‘Nik, I am!’ When once again everything lined up STRANGELY too perfectly with God sweetly reminding me that He really is always with me and apart of EVERY conversation, every moment of my life.
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âGOD, I WOULD REALLY LOVE A SPECIAL AREA TO HAVE MY APPOINTMENTS WITH YOUâ
That was one little thought (prayer!) a few weeks ago, and this morning I sat down on a new beautiful sofa which my husband purchased for our anniversary on Sunday, along with a comfy rug, and gorgeous center table. God is too much! Like magic, Nik wants a nice set-up for her alone times with Me – âPOOF!â He delivered! I sat down in that area with Him so happy thinking how He shows me such intense love. Let me tell ya, I work for Him, and He is behind the scenes of my life seriously WORKING FOR ME! God, I love You, too! (BIG SMILE)
And can you believe He showed up in my special section? I was on Tumblr.com, where I search for âGodâ posts to hear from Him, when a glitch on the computer revealed the desktop, where there is a special message God Himself placed there:
âI (GOD) AM WITH YOU ALWAYSâ
Fast forward about 30 minutes later, I decided to open a devotional of over 700 pages, and the very page I randomly opened to, in italics were those very words AGAIN:
âI (GOD) AM WITH YOU ALWAYSâ Wink! Wink!
When someone asked me yesterday, âWhat is God like?â I could only say that His love is unimaginable, and you must get to know Him for yourself. This one hour that I intend to spend with Him every day is invaluable because that’s where He shares intimate secrets with me about life. He has also strengthened my faith TO THE UTMOST so that no matter what trouble Iâm faced with, I can RELAX and KNOW THAT HE IS BESIDE ME, AHEAD OF ME and BEHIND ME (He has my back, baby!). I THEREFORE HAVE EVERY REASON TO BE JOYFUL EVERY DAY! Amen!
And the LOVE is so strong that I just want to feel His Presence moment by moment. NO OTHER LOVE OR APPROVAL NEEDED.
Funny thing about that devotional is that I gave it to my husband some years ago. And I wrote inside that I want him stuck with the reality of how much God loves him so much that He gave me to him as his wife, but hubby has switched the script on me – HE HAS ME STUCK WITH THE REALITY OF HOW MUCH GOD LOVES ME THAT HE GAVE HIM TO ME AS MY HUSBAND!!! Iâm His gift from God, and He is undoubtedly my gift from Him!
The only problem now is that this new furniture area I have for my time with God is so lovely, I may not come to work too often. I am just kidding, sweetie! I love how you love having your wife around you. Mwah!
I hope I’ve inspired you to have your own special area and time with God?!?Wink! Wink!
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SO, THERE I WAS AT THAT AWFUL RESTAURANTâŚ
Trying to pretend to be happy, even though I was fuming inside that this was the place my husband was taking us for our 17th wedding anniversary on Sunday. I then suggested to Julie to pick some conversation starter questions, and she asked, âWhat song would be the theme song of your life?â I answered, âHustlingâ by Rick Ross because between my work for God, supporting my husband, and trying to be super wife and mom, and Iâm constantly HUSTLING to give my best. And can you believe they all laughed at me! Like, mom, you donât work hard at all! My husband has convinced them that Iâm the slacker of the family, but Iâve learned to get my approval from God, not other humans! God sees everything we do, and He loves us unconditionally. Wink! Wink!
But, in thinking about the question some more, Iâve decided that my theme song is really âArms Around Youâ by XXXTENTACION & Lil Pump, where God is continually singing these lyrics to me:
âWrap me arms right around you, girl, oh yeah
Good lovin’ got all around you
To make sure no one could harm youâ
This isa very special song to me after jogging one day in the U.S. and feeling all crazy, I stopped to play this song âArms Around Youâ and as I looked up, and directly in from of me was a car with a license plate with the word âHUGâ on it. I TOOK THIS AS NO COINCIDENT!! It was a HUG from God with Him wrapping His arms around me.
So, fast forward to this morning, after writing about this being my theme song just yesterday, Iâm looking for an exercise playlist on my phone that my daughter, Ember, played yesterday. I couldnât find it so I just quickly played another one and amazingly, it was the first one to play randomly. Again, out of the millions of songs that Apple Music selects for these playlists, for this ONE to be the first to play was NO COINCIDENT. This was Godâs way of WRAPPING HIS ARMS AROUND ME first thing this morning. God’s girl, baby!
Iâm just praying for His wisdom to guide me through whatever situations come my way on a moment by moment basis. In my appointment today with Him, though, He just asked me to lean my head in His lap and rest in His love KNOWING He is always with me. God, DONE!
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