“NOT EVERYONE BELIEVES IN MY GOD WINKS”

That was me to my sister today. But, for me, these so-called “coincidences” are such a COMFORT to me in this very troublesome and evil world. I know they are His way of reminding me that I’m not alone and that His Presence is always with me AND THAT HE HAS MY BACK.

Like today, I asked Him which meditation book to read in an alone time with Him. This was my morning session to ask what He wanted me to write about today (not what I wanted to write about!). And paying attention to my feelings (His Spirit within me), I selected a book and began reading from the introduction where the writer discusses his God wink, a so called coincident, in trying to come up with a title for that very book.

Fast forward about an hour later my sister in the Bahamas sends me this message:

“Nikki, my Jesus Always is awesome. Today is especially inspiring. It is describing God winks. Thank you,”

See what I say about everything lining up too perfectly to be coincident. For my sister to have her appointment with God in the Bahamas reading a completely different book and author, and me in Nigeria to also be reading about so called coincidences was NOT coincident; It was a God wink! And believe it or not, this was God saying to me, ‘Write about “coincidences” today, and let everyone know this is one of the ways I reveal my Presence with them.

And they are so comforting. Like on my trip recently, one word kept showing up and that was significant to something going on in my life at the moment. I took it as God saying to me not to worry. I mean, the word was showing up A LOT! Even one day, I volunteered to help my hubby with something, a very out of the ordinary errand, and I decided to go a different route than the way I got there, and can you believe I ended up passing a street with THAT VERY word as the name of it. I smiled with God because I knew this was one of His orchestrated events for me to pass that street. ‘Nik, don’t worry,’ was the message He wanted me to have. Again, to comfort me and remind me that I could be happy despite the circumstances of my life. God’s got our back! He’s overcome the world and NOTHING is too BIG for Him to handle.

So, the next time you have a coincident, think again. It’s most likely God trying to get your attention and to let you know He’s with you. Wink! Wink!

KEEP CALM—YOU’RE ROLLING WITH GOD

HAVE I EVER GIVEN YOU A REASON TO DOUBT ME (GOD)?

That was Him to me in OUR appointment early this morning. GOD, NEVER! I TRUST YOU COMPLETELY!
Through the good, bad and ugly, I see the hands of a LOVING Father. We may not always understand His ways when we’re going through life storms, but I always come through them STRONGER, WISER AND WITH LOTS MORE CONFIDENCE IN GOD. He always shows up to help me with the right people appearing up as if perfectly timed, the solutions that magically pop in my mind, and the wisdom as to what to do one step at a time that I feel through my spirit (His voice within me). Not by my might or power, I’m counting on God’s Spirit to work in the supernatural realm on my behalf. I can RELAX and TRUST Him.
Are you having appointments with Him? I can’t stress the importance of making time with God a priority in this crazy life where we don’t know what will come up from one moment to the next. God, I need your help!!!
This morning was a bit chilly in Florida, but I stuck with my run with Him because they help me face my day with more confidence, reminded that God is with me. The jam of the day was Skin Tight as I imagined God saying this to me (and now to you!):
“If you give your heart to MeI no go let you go…Baby trust in MeWhen you give your heart to MeI no go let you goWey I no go do you wrong noBaby trust in MeI go dey your body like skin tightWey I go dey by your side”
Will you give your heart to Him? He’s skin tight with us wherever we go, and He will always be by our side. He’s just waiting for us to acknowledge His Presence. We can talk to Him like we talk to a best friend. He’s always listening. Don’t worry about the right words; He hears our hearts.
The wiser Nik is learning to look to Him in all my actions asking what He would have me to do. Another reminder this morning was not to overcome evil with evil, but look for every opportunity to repay evil with good. Everything is between God and us my peeps. When you seek to please and serve Him, it’s like He responds,
“It is my pleasure to serve you, too.” Wink! Wink!
Give your heart to Him! He won’t let you go!
KEEP CALM—YOU’RE ROLLING WITH GOD

“SURE IT’S REALLY BORING TO ROLL WITHOUT GOD”

Was a comment I read this morning!
EXACTLY!!! God has totally gotten a bad rep with people thinking life with Him would be unexciting, but my experience has been nothing short of a GRAND adventure. I wake up every day not knowing what to expect from one moment to the next. I just got back from an excellent run with Him in beautiful South Florida, and I came back a new person.
‘Wow, God, I get to live this life?’ is how I’m feeling! I’m on a bleisure trip – business and leisure – away from Nigeria! My mom came to join me yesterday from the Bahamas, and I’m enjoying every moment with her. We had dinner at our fav Cheesecake Factory (the leisure part of the trip), and today it’s back to business.
The run was spot on for me where Coach Bennet and Andy Putticombe gave me the perfect advice on the Nike Run Club app. I don’t know why I’ve been so anxious, lately, when I think about the future and they said that instead of being insecure and nervous about the future, we can be excited and inspired by it. That we can replace the negative, scary thinking with positive thoughts of unlimited possibilities with an increased appreciation of every moment. And when I add in the God factor, being there with me in the present holding my hand, AND in the future waiting to help me accomplish all these potentials, I’m talking the BEST LIFE – FORGET BORING!
Then they talked about how to change of thinking about the past as well. We can look at it as lessons and learnings, and let everything that has happened in the past change us to be better. No more beating ourselves up and dragging the past around with us, let’s hand over the mistakes and failures to God (who will use it for our good!) and BEGIN AGAIN to be a brighter, more sparkling version of ourselves. Ain’t NOBODY PERFECT!
The background music, with God as my DJ, got me even more excited when ‘The Secret Garden’ played with God reminding me that HE IS TAKING CARE OF ME, which was just another reason why I need not worry about the future – He’s got me! I have FULL CONFIDENCE IN HIM that He will help me get through ANYTHING that may come up in the future. This was confirmation of what I had read in my hour with Him through one of my meditation books early this morning: “As for you, I’m taking care of you.”
Life with God is so NOT boring! I pick up on His Presence with me almost everywhere. Like this other song He played for me today:
“Arms around youTe amo (I love you) mami, let Me hold youWrap Me arms right around you, girl, oh yeahGood lovin’ got all around youTo make sure no one could harm youDale (Let’s go), mami, let Me have you, ooyy” – Arms Around You
God, I’m ALL Yours!
KEEP CALM—YOU’RE ROLLING WITH GOD

I’VE SPENT TWO DAYS COMPLETELY AGITATED

That’s how it be sometimes, my peeps! Not every day is all jolly jolly, but I’ve come through those days a new person: KNOWING my God is with me. It’s no more ”as if” God is real; It’s GOD IS REAL and His LOVING and FAITHFUL presence is with me in every moment. And of course I want you here with me, feeling and loving Him right back!

In every moment, the tough and not so tough one’s, CONTINUALLY GIVING GOD OUR HAND as we go bravely and joyfully with Him as our Partner and Guide. I don’t know about you, but I need His wisdom, help, love, and protection EVERY MINUTE. No shame in my game God, I NEED YOU!

I’ve decided to make Him a BIGGER priority this year! Just how I wake up and say my exercise is a must, well, my time with God is a must! I will discipline myself to spend one hour with Him every morning reading my meditation books and asking what He has to say to me.

Lately, He’s asking me to work on my personality a little, being more joyful, gentle and humble so that people can feel His love through me. He’s asking me to go further in my kindness, seeking to please Him in everything I do and seeing everything looking through His eyes first. OK, Boss.

”Make an impact, ” is another message I’m picking up from Him. Even more reason I need to make that hour with Him a RULE for my life. I want to hear what He wants me doing in the world to accomplish my mission of bringing humanity closer to Him. So far, I feel as if I’ve done nothing.

Honestly, though, these alone times with Him just give me the courage to face life courageously knowing I have Him with me. And it’s OK if we let go of His hand every once in a while because He never lets go of ours.

KEEP CALM–YOU’RE ROLLING WITH GOD

⁹The generous will themselves be blessed,
for they share their food with the poor.

‘GOD, I’M VERY ANGRY RIGHT NOW!’

That was me running to Him for some alone time in a very upsetting morning. The crazy lady had come out in full force, and I needed some quiet minutes with Him. I opened up a book entitled ‘Goodness’ and there I amazingly found the perfect message from God:

“Do not be overcome by evil, but overcome evil with good.” – Roman 12:21

Being good and exhibiting goodness may be a battleground. Just because you decide to let goodness become a part of your lifestyle doesn’t necessarily mean that it will happen without a struggle…It’s a process, a daily commitment… There are ups and downs, good days and bad days, good and evil are a constant struggle.”

It was if God was saying, ‘It’s cool, Nik. There are going to be times when you’re not going to have it all perfectly together. Learn the lessons from the situation and let’s keep going.’

A BIG lesson turned out to be that not all battles are for me to fight. I felt God saying to me later that the crazy lady should go away and I obeyed – God, anything to please You!’ The calm, wise, sweet and forgiving Nik returned. I eventually felt Him say to TURN OVER the entire issue to Him. Yes, Boss! This old post came to mind:

“‘Not by might nor by power, but by my Spirit,’ says the LORD Almighty.” (Zechariah 4:6, NIV)

By His Spirit

In this day and age, we are equipped with so many wonderful resources in the natural: technology, education, abilities. It’s easy to rely on our own natural strength for so many things.

We have to remember that this natural world is only temporary, but the spiritual realm is eternal. We aren’t limited to the earth’s resources; we have unlimited spiritual resources by the Spirit of God. There are some things in life that can’t happen by human thinking and reasoning. There are things that won’t be solved by natural power and might. But God is not limited by the resources of this world. When you open the door of faith in your heart, God will move through you in powerful ways by His Spirit.” – Joel Osteen

God is in control of everything and everyone!!! He can do way beyond what we can even think or imagine in the spiritual realm. When He tells me to cool down and leave matters with Him, I trust Him because of all the battles I’ve seen Him fight on my behalf before. That’s why I say EVERYTHING is between us and God, not between anyone else. I want us OBEDIENT to His will, seeking to please Him in every moment. We do what we feel through our spirit what He is directing us to do on a moment by moment basis and we leave the rest of the battle with Him. Wink! Wink!

KEEP CALM—YOU’RE ROLLING WITH GOD

EVEN WHEN I PEE PEE GOD IS WITH ME

I have these meditation books in our bathroom to encourage my hubby to have appointments with God and late last night before going to bed, I felt I needed some time alone with Him reading my Jesus Calling Morning and Evening devotional by Sarah Young.

That morning, I had received a beautiful WhatsApp message from someone who is not even in my contact list. The message touched me so much that I shared it with so many people, wishing the same to them:

“In the new year, the Lord will bless you and keep you. He will be gracious to you and make his face shine upon you. He will look kindly upon you and give you peace. Happy New Year.”

So, as I then sat on the potty late last night (Too much info!) Out of 365 days, I got a feeling to read what Jesus Calling (written as if God is speaking) had to say for my birthday and I surprisingly and joyously read:

“I BLESS YOU AND KEEP YOU; I make My Face shine upon you; I turn My Face toward you and give you Peace. I want you to meditate on this blessing, for it expresses well the overflow of my heart towards you. Those who come to Me find not only my approval but also rest for their souls.”

Wow! Another God wink when once again and totally out of the blue, everything lined up a little bit too perfectly and God reminding me that His Presence is always with me.

What a way to start off the new year, knowing God Himself is telling me that He will bless and keep me and give me peace. And His peace is not like anything You will find in this world. With everything I have going on in my life, words cannot express how I felt at that moment. I remembered that I handle nothing alone and all my burdens were suddenly lifted knowing God is my Partner, Helper, Counselor, Father and Adviser and that we’re not going by the ordinary rules of man. God can do what we can’t do by working in the spiritual realm!

Do you have appointments with Him? Don’t miss out on the best and most important relationship of your life. Like any great relationship, you must spend time getting to know one another. Every time I have a meeting/alone time with God I’m learning a little bit more about Him and who He would have me to be. Like in reading an old post and another meditation book this morning, He again challenged me to love the people who I don’t so much like. And for Him, I’m seeking as one of my top goals this year to be a more loving person every day, all for His glory.

KEEP CALM—YOU’RE ROLLING WITH GOD

“LET’S BE HAPPY”

That’s me encouraging a friend a few minutes ago and a message to ALL of us (including me!) today. We’ve both noticed how God has a way of revealing stuff to us. Like God, I REALLY, REALLY, REALLY didn’t need to know that!!! But I’m on to Him because He knows the situations we need to help us become the people He would have us to be. We’re not going to always like them, but He has a way of weaving all the bad stuff into such good. Bottom line, WE MUST TRUST HIM no matter how treacherous the circumstances.

Easier said than done, right?!? So, here’s how I handle all the disappointments, problems, and frustrations that come my way: I HOLD ONTO GOD’S HANDS SUPER TIGHT. I then keep my eyes fixed on Him and what He would have me to do on a moment by moment basis. I next turn my losses into lessons like Cardi B taught me, and instead of getting bitter, I get better, baby.

Another valuable lesson I’ve importantly learned is that some things we see we have to pretend we didn’t see, and some things we hear we pretend we didn’t hear. Some of the battles are for God to fight. Professional ignorers we have to be, knowing the right fights to take on based on God’s guidance. With one glance at Him, I now know what He would have me to do. SHHHH! Be quiet! Is what I hear a lot! (SMILE)

Superhero style is where I want us, entirely focused on being the loving, compassionate, humble, gentle, patient, and kind people yet at the same time strong, brave, fearless and courageous. And it’s cool if you aren’t there yet. Neither am I. But that’s where the PRACTICE, PRACTICE AND MORE PRACTICE COMES IN. Working on constant and never-ending improvement. God is helping me to become so immune to the hurts; NOBODY’S PERFECT! God is our ultimate Boss, and sometimes we must take and put up with certain things knowing our reward lies with Him. Got that? Where my super heroes at? When others are weak, let’s be strong for them.

“In the world you will have tribulation; but be of good cheer, I (God) have overcome the world.” – John 16:33

KEEP CALM—YOU’RE ROLLING WITH GOD

“WE CAME TO LEARN MESSY LOVE” (REPOST)

Was my message to a friend one Monday after she had an unexpected visitor showed up at her house. I shared with her a post I love from Tumblr.com:

“Dear Human: You’ve got it all wrong. You didn’t come here to master unconditional love. That is where you came from and where you’ll return. You came here to learn personal love. Universal love. Messy love. Sweaty love. Crazy love. Broken love. Whole love. Infused with divinity.”

On Tuesday, she sent me another message that she’s struggling over what had happened that Sunday and asked me to call her. I had another idea, though, for her to pick 10 pages from my unpublished book and see what God had to say to her. She went along with this idea and decided she will read every 20th page starting on page 20 to 40, 60, 80 and so on.

She gets to page 20 and unbelievably of all things there, this exact quote I had sent her the day before. Her response was: “Girl talk about a God wink. After that, I decided to forgive and let go. It just makes me want to cry to see how amazing God is. What are the chances of me going on that exact page first out of all those pages in your book.”

And she’s not alone in this messy love. I’m sure we all have our share to deal with, but I’m encouraged by God to stay on the high road with Him, becoming the superhuman and superwife He has challenged me to be, practicing endless mercy, grace (pardoning without punishment), patience and forgiveness, being my most loving self. He even sent me a special wink of my own reading a post on Facebook:

“Smile, things are working out. You may not see it now, but just know God is directing you to a much greater happiness.” I feel it!

Dear God, may we learn all the messy love lessons You would have us to learn, loving others the way You love us. Amen.

KEEP CALM—YOU’RE ROLLING WITH GOD

GOD EXCEEDS MY EXPECTATIONS

That’s my testimony FOR SURE! Today, I had to hug and kiss my daughters, Ember and Julie, goodbye as they left on a school trip out of the country. For months we’ve been on this roller coaster with their dad as to whether they would go or not. But I’ve used it as an opportunity to teach them some important life lessons:

1- You earn respect, no one gives it to you. They ran with this advice to impress their father. They stepped up in their school work, responsibilities at home, and overall in their character we could see them trying to be the best versions of themselves. Respect earned, my girls!

2- God is our Boss!!! Anytime hubby would get on the they’re not going bandwagon, I reminded the girls that the final decision was in God’s hand. We’re to give Him our best in everything. Everything is between God and us, not between us and anyone else. We’re to be our kindest, most loving, hardworking, and beautiful selves knowing God is the One to reward us.

3- “Think only of the best, work only for the best, and expect only the best.” Sometimes they would get pessimistic and think worst case scenario, but I would constantly remind them, “We’re expecting the best from God!” Great reminder for all of us!

And let me tell ya, the whole experience has brought my daughters and me closer to God. He has once again EXCEEDED our expectations! God is amazing!

This morning, I woke up a little bit sad because I’m already missing them. They’re not only my daughters, they’re my close friends (SMILE), and I love our intense and intimate conversations and how we sharpen one another; Very wise girls I have! Last week, I had sent a message to someone traveling with them:

“The name of my blog is We Roll With God so I know His Presence will go with you guys.”

And as I opened my meditation book first thing this morning, God confirmed my belief:

“ENTRUST YOUR LOVED ONES TO ME (God); release them to My protective care…My Presence will go with them wherever they go, and I will give them rest.” – Jesus Calling

For me to open directly to this message from Him was no coincident! This is another LOVE NOTE from God to remind me of His intimate involvement in my life, even as far as taking care of my daughters as I release them over to His care.

God, I believe in Your love. You’re FAITHFULNESS is my COMFORT as I travel through this trouble-filled world, holding Your hands super tight. Amen.

KEEP CALM—YOU’RE ROLLING WITH GOD

“YOU ALWAYS MOTIVATE ME AND BRING ME ANOTHER STEP CLOSER TO GOD…

…I’m very blessed by your inspirational word. I hope and pray that you reach out to many people like me.”

This Facebook message from a young man touched my heart yesterday. And it’s my prayer as well to reach many more people with this GREAT NEWS that God is intimately involved in every moment of our lives as our Helper, Best Friend, Comforter, Strategist, Father, Counselor, Teacher, Planner, and Faithful Life Partner.

Are you feeling His Presence? That’s the goal of these posts. That as I share my stories, you too will begin to feel God’s close involvement in your ordinary, everyday life. Like today, my daughter, Ember, kept asking me for a toothbrush. I said, “Your dad has many. Get one from him.” She replied, “They’re all soft, and I want a medium.” After all her persistence, I suddenly remembered some electronic toothbrushes I had purchased months ago that I’ve procrastinated in setting up because it needs a different voltage to charge from the one we have in Nigeria. I even bought different , and I heard her telling her sister that she must download an app on her phone that goes along with the fancy toothbrushes. Call me the crazy God person, but this is God’s way of showing His love to my daughter, and I’m so happy that she felt it, too. (SMILE)

My experience with Him is that He always EXCEEDS my expectations. Ember only wanted a regular toothbrush, and she got the Rolls Royce of toothbrushes! She just excitedly told me about all the features! God is pretty sweet and cool like that!

The other day, I was feeling sad, and I finally went to Him to ask what He had to say to me. And He used a conversation that I had with my daughter, Julie, that day to let me know that this thing I was feeling down about losing was actually His will for me. I had asked her if she was having her alone times with God and I mentioned how I admired that about Jesus who always went aside to talk with God. I said to her even before being crucified He said that GOD’S WILL SHOULD BE DONE, NOT HIS. And as I asked God what He had to tell me a few hours later, as I randomly scrolled my new meditation book, He and I, this was written as if Jesus was speaking:

“Remain at my feet. Get ready to listen to Me. Make your will one with Mine; this, too, is union. This is how I kept myself before My Father—‘YOUR WILL NOT MINE BE DONE.’

This was another LOVE NOTE from God and that He didn’t want me sad. He incredibly used that little talk with Julie to let me know He’s ALWAYS with me. It even showed up in the book on my birthday! God is still speaking, my people! It’s just up to us to listen and pay attention!!! Are you?

KEEP CALM—YOU’RE ROLLING WITH GOD