“NO ONE COULD UNDERSTAND YOUR NARRATIVES”

That’s the important feedback I got yesterday from a post where I shared about one of my God winks with the number combination “81111” showing up in a friend’s telephone number that I felt God nudging me in my spirit to pay attention to (I actually stared at the number for a few seconds). Then a couple of hours later, I’m at the airport picking up my daughter, Ember, and the same “81111” is printed all over so many taxis there as the ending digits of the cab company’s telephone number. Once again, I considered this lined up too perfectly to be regarded as an ordinary coincidence. It was God’s sweet way of letting me know that His invisible Presence was also there with me to welcome Ember home.

Do you guys get that? God is real talkative, and it’s my honor and privilege to share with you how He communicates with us. Another person read the same post and had this to say:

“Thanks for sharing this message. God is reminding me of His Presence through numbers as well. It’s amazing that it was happening for years now, and I didn’t realize previously what it meant. I’m so thankful for those reminders of His Presence.”

God also talks to me through people like my brother/angel, Kevin. To be very honest with you guys, I don’t know where I would be right now if I didn’t have this brother holding my hands through the last three most difficult years of my life. His genuine love, support, kindness, strength, joy, wisdom, and patience were there with me as I took on an extraordinary sacrifice for my girls. I brought them to the US to finish their high school education, saying, “Let’s do hard things for God’s glory.” No joke, it has been THE HARDEST THING of my life!!! But God sent support: Kevin! Kevin is so funny. He sent me a voice message recently, “Neeks, I’ve realized that my special assignment from God is to keep you happy.” (HUGE SMILE) Thanks, my vro (valuable treasure!)!

And to really demonstrate how talkative God is, just this morning, I read this reminder from Kevin in my appointment with Him:

“Every day. Every day. Every day, my sister. Every day. Accumulate a little more strength, and you will see the most powerful woman you’ve ever seen in your life. Don’t mind all the noise around you. Work on that which you just sent me. You have to work on being a stronger person. And I don’t mean because you feel good today. The more strength you build up, the more muscle mass you build up, the stronger you are when you need that strength. I told you before you don’t pray for things not to happen; you pray for strength to deal with things when they happen. And things are happening. Every day. Every day. Every day. Every day. Take care of yourself.”

After reading that, I go for my run, and I see a duck. What’s the spiritual significance of a duck? I asked Google one day, and it astonishingly symbolizes STRENGTH. I then had to jump in my car to quickly go somewhere. On the radio station is a pastor saying specifically this, “I want you to learn to pray to God for STRENGTH. For the endurance and patience to handle the difficulties of your life.”

Told ya, God is quite talkative! Tell me, how could all of that line up as simply ordinary coincidences? God perfectly orchestrated the message from Kevin, the duck, and that pastor to remind me that HE IS MY STRENGTH as I take on my life lovingly, joyfully, and courageously with Him by my side. This is a reminder to you, too, WE ARE NOT ALONE; WE HAVE GOD. Amen.

MY BOO IS BACK!!

My daughter, Ember, from her first semester at university, and God showed up at the airport to meet her. I assured her that I would be there to pick her up, and God figured out a sweet way to let us know that His Presence was also there to welcome her back home for the summer.

This God wink started with a friend calling me a few hours before I was to pick up Ember. Right after the call, I felt God take my eyes to her telephone number, telling me to specifically pay attention to the “81111.” Guys, I got to the airport, and it was filled with yellow taxis with the telephone numbers unbelievably ending in “81111.” Wow! I was blown away by God, knowing that this was no coincidence that He had me staring at my friend’s number as if saying, ‘Nik, notice the 81111.’ That again lined up too perfectly to be some ordinary coincidence; it was God’s loving way of revealing His invisible Presence with us. (HUGE SMILE)

I got inside and immediately started questioning Ember about her appointments with God. She showed me what she had read in her last alone time with Him:

“I WANT YOU TO KNOW how safe and secure you are in My Presence…I will walk with you till the end of time and onward into eternity…When you forget I am with you, you may experience loneliness or fear. It is through awareness of My Presence that peace displaces negative feelings. Practice the discipline of walking consciously with Me through each day.” – Jesus Calling by Sarah Young

This was the exact message I felt Him saying to me under our tree recently that He wants me to practice this discipline of always walking with Him, and where I want us all, knowing that there is never a moment that He is not with us. God showing up at the airport to welcome Ember was the love He shows me and my family that I want you guys to feel for yourselves. I’m only the God nerd who pays serious attention to these glimpses of Hs invisible Presence to report back to you guys.

Both Ember and I cried seeing each other. Absence does indeed makes the heart grow fonder! The mom who was happy to say, ‘Here university, you take over raising her,’ was there eager to pick her up as we both held on to each other for the longest crying happy tears. Thank You, God, for this fierce, wonderful, and wise daughter who, along with my other kids, are pushing me out of my comfort zone to step up my game in every aspect of my life. And honestly, I wouldn’t have it any other way!

I’ve even made this the summer of their dad, where I will do my best to teach them the values I’m learning from my hubby. I cried today when he surprisingly called me when I was having an appointment with God reading about faithfulness and immediately thought of hubs. I got all emotional reading it to him:

“The faithful person is dependable in all kinds of circumstances. This is a much-desired characteristic in others with whom we have any kind of relationship. We all need to be people of faithfulness!”

Hubs goes overboard in his responsibilities to us! We may go through our ups and downs, but at the end of the day, I know I have a ride or die hubby, and he knows that He has a ride or die wife. No breaking up here! God has become the crucial center of our lives where we try to honor him in our decisions. We may get it wrong lots, but we keep striving to be the people God would have us to be. I’m following the advice of Dr. Charles Stanley, who said to obey God and leave the consequences to Him. Right now, I’m on chill (silent) mode where God says to stay on the high road with Him going overboard in love and support. For this God who is taking such great care of us, I say, ‘Anything to please You, let me learn.’

“THE AWARENESS OF GOD’S PRESENCE IS WHAT GIVES YOU THE COURAGE TO KEEP GOING”

This statement from Dr. Charles Stanley yesterday blew me away when I was very low on courage. As usual, God has been sweetly revealing His invisible Presence so strongly with me. What you may call a coincidence, I call a God wink with Him saying, ‘Nik, have no fear, I am here!’ (HUGE SMILE)

Like yesterday driving home with my daughter, Ember, we spoke about her fav car that we sold to a lovely family wanting a car for their daughter over a year ago. That very customer ended up calling me today needing some information for the bank that financed him. I needed to text him, and his telephone number ended in 311. Later on, telling Ember about it, I reminded her of the importance of this 311 that God used to remind me to stay on the high road with him when her dad was not agreeing for her to go to New York to university. God even went as far as having a massive billboard with this 311 printed on it as a reminder on my way home one evening. Ember forgot all about it, and as I looked at the time, it was precisely 3:11 as we were having that conversation (Wink! Wink!). That 311 and staying on the high road with God is working! He exceeds my expectations! Ember came home a new person. The university is doing an excellent job. I told Ember to not even think about leaving there because God Himself picked it for her.

An hour later, or so, a customer came in, and I needed her work telephone number. It included the number 311, and I told her that it was special to me and that God was here with us. The payment I ended up getting for her turned out to be too high, so I called the lady at the bank to see if we could get it any lower. Unbelievably the bank rep says, “I can give her a $311 (Wink! Wink!) payment; my boss just has to approve it.”

Then, I went back to purchasing inventory today (the family hustle continues, baby, with the help of God), and I showed my daughter, Julie, what I had purchased from Champion Auto, saying, “That’s your momma, I’m a champion!” And let me tell ya how funny God is, at that precise moment, He drew my attention to Julie’s sock with the Champion brand logo on it! Like God Himself was saying, ‘Wink! Wink! My Nik, you are My Champion!’

Honestly, the burdens get so overwhelming, but that’s where a relationship with God comes in, as He continuously has this verse to come up:

“So do not fear, for I am with you;
do not be dismayed, for I am your God.
I will strengthen you and help you;
I will uphold you with my righteous right hand” – Isaiah 41:10

And helping me He is! Today, on the ride to work, Julie says, “Forget summer break! I will do my best to help you as much as I can.” This was after the customer from yesterday told her and her sister Ember that I needed more of their support. I was so happy passing on my values to her today about giving our best in every task and then leaving the rest for God, who can tweak situations on our behalf in the spiritual realm with His favor (He is excellent at that!). Wink! Wink! Have no fear; God is here! Amen!

I NEED YOUR COURAGE, BOO!!!

That was me to my husband this morning! Your girl has a lot on her right now, but guess who showed up to give me the needed courage? GOD!!! Here’s how this God wink went down:

So, whenever I think about delegating the dropping of the boys to school to my daughters, God tells me in my spirit, ‘No way, Ms. Nikki, you will do no such thing! This is too important a job!’ That’s where we have crucial appointments with God together, with my sons taking turns reading from our ‘Purpose Driven Life Devotional For Kids’ by Rick Warren. Who am I to argue with God?

This morning, as I sat waiting for my sons to come in the car, I read Joel Osteen’s email message for today, which quoted this verse:

“About midnight Paul and Silas were praying and singing hymns to God, and the other prisoners were listening to them.” – Acts 16:25

Fast forward to Joshie picking from the kid’s devotional, out of 365 days, he astonishingly read this:

“About midnight Paul and Silas were praying and singing hymns to God, and the other prisoners were listening to them.” – Acts 16:25

Wow! I couldn’t believe it! The exact verse from Joel Osteen’s email I had read minutes prior while waiting for them. Again, that’s one of my famous God winks where everything lined up a little bit too perfect to be considered a random coincidence. For this one verse to show up in both places of the entire Bible was God Himself revealing His invisible Presence there with my sons and me. I then get to my running field by my God tree to have an appointment with Him. Dr. Charles Stanley amazingly says, “The awareness of God’s Presence is what gives you the COURAGE to keep going.” Wink! Wink!

Why would God reveal Himself to us? I questioned the boys! That’s the love I want you to know and experience for yourself. Honestly, that boosted my confidence so high today because I knew without any doubt that this was God letting me know that as I take on these overwhelming at times burdens, He was there standing strong with me. HEEHAW!!!

While the girls and I had some urgent work to do for my husband, a customer sweetly waited for us to return, and he ended up purchasing a car from us. Let me tell you, this customer built up my faith even more in God. He had a great talk with the girls about something we always argue about. He said, “You guys may not understand your mom’s decisions now but stick with her. Support her. Love her. Your mom is in a heavenly realm where she makes decisions with God. Just trust her and listen to her.”

Honestly, he took my faith in God to another level when he spoke about losing everything, but he was determined to build himself back up, knowing God was with him. Today, I told my nephew, Duro, that I’m down to nothing (very little inventory), but I’m giving my nothing to God, who created the entire world from nothing. This customer also encouraged me to read Psalm 31 every day and pray over the girls. See the favor of God in action! This customer was headed to another nearby car dealership, but when he saw a car that I recently had them place in the front and center of ours, he saw it and stopped. My help comes from the Lord, baby!

IS THIS LADY STUPID AND CRAZY?

I’m sure many people ask about me sharing my stories about how God Himself (only the Creator of the entire universe) reveals His invisible Presence to let me know that He is intimately involved in my life and how I feel Him directing me on a moment-by-moment basis as to what He would have me to do, what He would have me to say and where He would have me to go. It sounds insane, but that’s the great news I have for you guys; we don’t have to handle life alone; We have God (HUGE SMILE).

Are you tapping into His crucial voice for guidance in your life? Like I wrote recently about how God uses the number “211” to say that my daughter Julie’s dream university in New York is, without any doubt, where He wants her to attend. To the point that I say that if she doesn’t go there, God would be upset at me. Again, I know this sounds crazy, but this communication from God started when Julie and I dropped Ember off at her university back in January. We had an adventure day where we walked, caught a train, caught another train, caught a bus, and then walked to see where Julie wanted to attend. I wrote this the next day:

“Another wink we had yesterday was when the number 211 kept showing up for me, and we got to a university Julie wanted to visit, and incredibly the number on the building was 2011.”

Oh my goodness, the way this 211 has been showing up is just making me cry how much God is showing Himself on behalf of Julie. After she called her sister and I spoilt, I said you’re spoilt too by God. She needs some help from me, and I’ve been procrastinating about doing it, and now God Himself is on my case to make it happen for her. Yesterday we were at the office together, and we had some batteries delivered, and as the truck was leaving, I asked if we had paid for them. He said no, and I called him back into the office so I could issue a check. We needed to pay for another invoice from their previous visit, which turned out to have taken place at precisely 2:11 pm. I gave Julie the longest hug knowing this was God again, revealing Himself with us.

Even that morning, the phone in my office kept beeping, saying there were messages saved. There were only two, and one took place again at exactly 2:11 pm. I showed a pic of it to the amazed battery guy. So many times just this week, 211 has been showing up that it has been crazy. Julie had to replace her phone, and the model number was 211. We needed to call a bank, and their number included 211. I sold a car, and the insurance company’s telephone number also included 211. I gave someone a ride, and exactly where I stopped to drop them off, apartment number 211 was directly ahead of me. God has seriously been on my case to make this happen for Julie! No coincidences!! This morning, no procrastinating; I got what Julie needed completed! I don’t want God mad at me (HUGE SMILE AGAIN).

This is the love He shows our family! He is personally involved with everything that is going on with us. Like I can’t stop thanking God for the year my boys had at a new school that totally took them out of their comfort zones. They needed a shake-up in a new environment, and they are new people now! That’s why I say God exceeds my expectations. Ember commented to me that it had looked like I had abandoned my sons, and now I confidently tell her, “Look at my boys now!” It was a big fight with my husband to make this happen, but God stood with me. Now, I’m just thanking this hubby for everything he does for us. Thanks, better than best husband!

I was counseling someone today about this marriage thing, and I told them how hubs and I had WAR on Good Friday because of some things he kept saying, but it was good for us to hash out our feelings. Julie later told me that it inspired her for when she gets married to know that yes, husband and wives fight, but then she sees her dad and I make up and love each other even more. The fights bring us closer and more committed. Go figure! God has been the center of our family, and we’re sticking with Him all the way! When He told me in my spirit to call off the war and go back to being the best wife on the high road with Him, I said no problem. God is doing so much for our family that I just want to live every moment doing my best to please Him no matter what anyone else is doing.

“Cast all your anxiety on Him because He cares for you.” 1 Peter 5:7

GOD GETS IN ON OUR FAMILY JOKE

Yesterday, I told our daughter Julie that if you look up spoilt in the dictionary, you will find a picture of her sister, Ember. Julie quickly responded, “No, it would be a picture of you and Ember holding hands!!! Both of you are spoilt!!!” Guilty as charged! In fact, when I told hubby what Julie had said, I thanked him for spoiling us because he goes overboard in his responsibilities as a hubby and father. I mentioned that he didn’t even wish me a Happy Mother’s Day on Sunday, but I said to myself, no problem because every day is Mother’s Day and Christmas with him and God both spoiling me.

Fast forward to my time with God under our tree, look what showed up in an old post:

“..and I’m listening to DJ Khaled’s song, where I took these lyrics as God saying this to me: “It ain’t nothing for me to spoil you.” Wink! Wink! And spoil me is what God and hubby do best! (HUGE SMILE)”

Notice God’s fun and playful personality to get in on our family joke! Super spoilt God’s girl here!!! He gives me more than I can ever ask or imagine! He exceeds my expectations in every aspect of my life. Despite so many things being off track right now, I’m confident that God and I can TOGETHER get things better, step by step and little by little. Not that my life will ever be perfect and I’ll ever have everything together, but I keep my focus on God, asking for His moment-by-moment guidance as to what He would have me do, where He would have me go, and what He would have me to say.

Like I went into a little bit of a silent mode with my brother/angel, Kevin. I explained that some things were going on with me that I felt God wanted me to come directly to Him about, not to Kevin. He even confirmed it today in this song that played on my run with Him:

“I’m selfish, I want you all to Myself
You don’t need nobody else…
Now, that I gotcha here, girl
I ain’t gon’ play with you
Because there’s a lot of things
That I wanna say to you” – Selfish Song by PnB Rock

This is God’s message to us all! He wants us to Himself where we’re going through every moment of our lives with Him as our loving Partner and Guide. That’s the lesson He told me yesterday under our tree together:

“Practice the discipline of walking consciously with Me through each day.” – Jesus Calling

Yesterday, that meant holding His hand super tight when a situation arose for me to manly and bravely resolve. I felt God in my spirit saying, ‘Nik, let’s do this.’ I got to the place I needed to go, and He drew my attention to a license plate there with the number 477. Believe it or not, this was His way of letting me know He was with me with the 4 and 7 totaling 11, and the 7 next to it was my 117 combination for me to know that His invisible Presence was there with me. First thing this morning, I got the reply that everything was resolved. God’s spoilt girl here for sure!!!

Problems and stresses are a part of life, but I want our eyes fixed on God, doing our best to bravely and lovingly handle whatever we have to do and trusting that He is at work in the spiritual realm on our behalf, tweaking situations and protecting us with His love and favor. Amen!

“AND THEN SHE GREW UP”

That was the message on the back of a car yesterday that I took as a wink from God at me. This post from two years ago explains what God has been trying to do with us all:

46-YEAR-OLD ME VERSUS MY 16-YEAR-OLD DAUGHTER IN A 5K RACE

Who do you think won? ME, BABY!!! LOL! We have these unspoken races, and she always wins, but this morning, your girl here was on fire, and I’m giving all the glory to God. I started this fasting with the Muslims for Ramadan asking God to please help me because it felt like I was losing my mind with all the crazy talk I had going on in my head, and God has LOVINGLY come to my rescue. I’m feeling so close to Him right now. (HUGE SMILE)

Like after sharing one paragraph in my post yesterday, He used it to reveal His invisible presence with me. I wrote:

“When I saw that “we will no longer be babies,” I knew God was talking directly to me saying, ‘Nik, I want you to grow up to be the mature, loving, confident in Me woman I DESIGNED YOU TO BE.”

Immediately after posting, I had some time with God and just using my scroll button at the bottom of my screen to randomly select something to read, this incredibly showed up:

“In closeness to Me, you are transformed more and more into the one I DESIGNED YOU TO BE.” – Jesus Calling

How could that possibly be an ordinary coincidence for my very words to show up from this over 700-page book? It was another one of my God winks where, out of the blue, everything lines up extremely TOO perfectly with me going DIRECTLY to that date to confirm my sentiments EXACTLY. God, thank You for the transformation. Your girl is getting her happy, peace, strength, and focus back. (ANOTHER SMILE).

Then I also wrote:

“Not being tossed to and fro by every little situation that pops up.’ I love when God talks tough to me! (SMILE) This big, emotional, and neurotic wreck of a train here that keeps falling, seriously needed the reminder. God corrects those He loves.” – Jesus Calling

So, later on that night, after writing so much lately how I keep FALLING, He had this to say to me through another meditation book:

“Don’t you understand that I prefer someone who has FALLEN many times but who despises himself at My feet, to the self-righteous person who thinks he is without fault. My little girl, tell Me every day how sorry you are for any way you have pained Me. Take a steady look at your failures and stains, and offer them to Me so that I may wash them away. Tell Me how weak you are and how often you fail. Say: “My great friend, help me. You know only too well how helpless I am, but with You I can do anything.’ – He and I

That helps to explain my happiness out on that run today, God has washed away so many burdens and failures I’ve been carrying around with me. Today, I want you here with me recommitting your life to Him. Like Devon Franklin explained,

“The commitment to God is what is going to make you stronger, bring you more peace, and it is going to alleviate some of the stress you’re under.”

God, I’m in! May every moment of my life honor and please You. And may I rest the times I don’t get it right at your feet to wash away for me, so that I may keep going and living my best life with You as my Guide and Partner for success in every area. With You I can do anything. ’Amen!

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FEELING OVERWHELMED?

Me too!!! But that’s where a relationship with God comes sweetly in. Like this morning, my hubby asked me for some information, and after trying so hard to get it for him on my phone, it didn’t work, and I had to access it from my computer. Next to my laptop was a book on Faithfulness by Robert Strand, and I decided to open it. I found the perfect message from God for us all who are feeling overwhelmed today:

“GOD’S PROMISE OF SUPPORT

Have you ever been faced with a task, project, or responsibility that seemed beyond your strength and ability? Something that simply was overwhelming and too massive to deal with alone? Sure, haven’t we all at some time been confronted with obstacles we didn’t know how to handle?

Stop and think with me about the faithfulness of God and how unchanging He is… You see, He is marked by total faithfulness and perfection. Now, this is the God who has promised His help and faithfulness to all kinds of people in all kinds of situations.

“Have I not commanded you? Be strong and courageous. Do not be discouraged, for the Lord your God will be with you wherever you go (Joshua 1:9).””

This was no coincidence that He had me to find that message. God is pretty talkative! We’re not going through life alone! Our God is faithful! As much as I tried to get that info for hubby on my phone, even had to leave my running park close to my God tree to get it (trying to be the faithful on-the-ball wife to the better than best husband!) God led me directly to that book to remind me that all the burdens that are currently stressing me, that He is with me to support and help me (and you too!!!). The joy of the Lord is our strength to tackle whatever life throws our way! Amen!

It’s just for us to show up in every moment having constant conversations with God about what He would have us do, what he would have us say, and where He would have us go. Your girl here is learning to lean on Him more than ever. When the going gets tough, I run closer to God. No shame in my game. I just take life one step at a time, one moment at a time, holding God’s hand (super tight!) and asking for His guidance. I then do my best to manly, courageously, and bravely handle whatever He asks of me, and I leave the rest with Him. That’s faith, baby!

“So do not fear, for I am with you;
do not be dismayed, for I am your God.
I will strengthen you and help you;
I will uphold you with my righteous right hand.” – Isaiah 41:10

“Let us hold unswervingly to the hope we profess, for He who promised is faithful.” – Hebrews 10:23

Relax and be still… we’re rolling with God!

GOD GETS IN ON A CONVERSATION

Yesterday, I explained to someone about the ups and downs of marriage and how God must be at the center of every move we make. Being obedient to God is how He guides us on the best paths for our lives. I wrote yesterday about God directing my daughters to these top-notch universities in New York that we have no doubt that they were personally picked for them by God Himself (His love is too much!!). It ain’t always pretty, though, and He does ask us to put up with some difficult stuff at times. Not always about our personal happiness, but just constantly looking to God, asking what would make Him happy. I told them all about my meetings with God under our God tree, and he gives me specific instructions. They left with me asking one crucial question that God asks me often: It’s easy to love someone for their strengths, but can you love someone also for their weaknesses? That’s the true test of marriage!

Fast forward to this morning, I felt God saying to me in my spirit that I should go for my run (Didn’t feel like it today!!) so I could meet with Him under our tree. I got there, and I paused the Nike Running Club app. I had jogged/walked exactly .58 miles, so I decided to go to page 58 of our family’s website. Look what incredibly showed up in the first post there:

“Do you love me enough that I may be weak with you? Everyone loves strength, but do you love me for my weakness? That is the real test.” – Alain de Botton

Is that amazing or what? God figured out a way to let me know that He is intimately involved in every conversation, thought, and word I speak, and our relationships are critical to Him. Is that beautiful or what? No way this lined up so perfectly to be some random coincidence. It was God revealing His invisible Presence with me. And again, these meetings with Him under our tree give me such confidence, courage, peace, joy, love, and approval, knowing God Himself is my Support, Help, Back-up, Strategist, Counselor, Friend, Father, and Protector as I take on my life. And no, I don’t look crazy at all hugging this tree (HUGE SMILE).

This advice about loving people for both strengths and weaknesses goes for all our relationships! We need each other because this life is too hard to do on our own. God gives us the wisdom for every relationship, every circumstance, and every decision. I was telling someone how I went to the Justin Bieber concert without a mask (don’t know what I was thinking!) and ended up sick. Now, I’m trying to get my strength back together. But God has a reason for everything, and in all my weakness, He reminds me that He is my strength. THE GOD PERSPECTIVE CHANGES EVERYTHING!!! May every day bring us closer to Him. Amen!

Today, I’m at work with my sons as we take the family hustle to the next level. No shame in my game! I need God as I bravely take on this challenge not only for my kids but also for my grandkids, great-grandkids, and generations to come. Next year will make 30 years since my husband started this business, and God has stood strong with us. Our motto is “In God We Trust,” and I teach our kids that everything we do should be done to honor God. Not that we get it right all the time, but we show up trying to always give our best.

Julie told me today that I’m her ride-or-die mom. That’s me boo, and wife too!! The boys are totally upset with me right now as I keep finding fault in a car they’re cleaning (if you’re a street cleaner, be the best street cleaner, is what my mom taught me!), but that’s my crucial work from God to be the wife, mom, and person He would have me to be. Our reward is with Him! May we all do everything for the glory of God, especially in our homes. May our lives reflect Him to a watching world.

GOD DELIGHTS IN EVERY DETAIL OF MY LIFE

That’s my testimony, baby! This morning, I reread this in an old post:

“I can’t get over the love of God! Like I wrote this in a recent post: “My other numbers from Him are 7 and 11, showing up together in either direction. This combination is God saying: ‘Nik, wherever you are, there I am – My invisible Presence is always with you- You have my help, support, love, approval, wisdom, strength, favor, protection, and guidance available to you on a moment-by-moment basis.’

Can you believe Ember’s university is located directly off of road 117? See the love of God and how He seems to delight in EVERY detail of our lives. Those signs with these huge 117 on them were all I needed to rest in His peace knowing that even though I wasn’t with Ember, His Presence is there. That lined up too perfectly to be considered some coincidence, even with the hotel we stay at working out to be 1107 miles from our home. Call me crazy, but I have no doubt that God’s invisible Presence is always with us, no matter where we are, He is there. Amen!”

I called Ember this morning after reading this and told her that I have no doubt whatsoever that she is exactly at the university where God wants her. I asked her if she is reminded of God when she sees those signs saying 117 at the university’s entrance. She excitedly responded, “Yes! I see 117, 711, and 1107 a lot!!!” For her to say that “1107,” though, seriously made the God maniac here happy. To read that our hotel was precisely 1107 miles from our home in that old post and for Ember to say 1107 is how God reveals His invisible Presence with her just blew me away with God’s love and attention He pays to our family (HUGE SMILE).

The crazy thing was that I took Julie with me on that trip to drop off Ember thinking I could persuade her to also attend once she saw this beautiful, state-of-the-art university, but homegirl politely said “No thanks! I have my own dream university!’ And God has surprisingly been joining in with her like I wrote about in this other old post:

“Another wink we had yesterday was when the number 211 kept showing up for me, and we got to a university Julie wanted to visit, and incredibly the number on the building was 2011.”

Since then the number 211 has been showing up on the regular that I’ve given up! Julie and God have teamed up against me! See what I mean about God delighting in every detail of our lives? For Him to have a specific university for Ember and another university for Julie. When we talk to Ember about switching campuses to be closer to Julie, she immediately says, “No! I’m happy here!”

Don’t miss out on God’s loving Presence with you. He just asks us to go overboard in love, courage, patience, forgiveness, gentleness, and kindness with each other. Not always easy, but when we write off the disappointments against everything God is doing for us, we must say, ‘God, anything to please You, let me learn.’ I promise you, He gives us more than we can ever ask or imagine. As for me: “I press toward the mark for the high calling of God in Christ Jesus.” Supermom, superwife, superperson, all for the glory of God!