“SUP, BABY, TAKE ME ON VACATION! HEY YO!”

Sorry, I disappeared on you guys, but my super brother, Kevin, treated us to a beautiful, all-expenses paid vacation at the Hard Rock Hotel to bring in the New Year. It was glorious! It was supposed to be only dinner there, but when our air conditioning at our house went out, we asked to stay the weekend. That was around noon on Friday, and he incredible said, “Be there by 3 pm!” We quickly packed, and off we went to the most fabulous weekend,

This is another testimony of how God exceeds our expectations when we stick with Him! The craziest thing was by the time we got back home, the air conditioning was working! Go figure! I just smiled with God knowing He was the one orchestrating this get-away for His FAV and SPOILT girl here. (HUGE SMILE) I came back recharged and refreshed with God showing up the entire time with these extraordinary God winks at me.

Like the first evening, we passed some costumes the Temptations wore at one of their concerts. My son, Joshie, asked, “What song do they sing?” and I replied, ‘My Girl,’ smiling, remembering that’s God’s endearment term to me. One morning exercising, this song special to me and God played:

“You know that you’re MY GIRL (Wink! WInk!), damn right I’m your Man” – Options by Pitbull

The song again pointed out where you girl here goes seriously wrong:

“Now you’re looking for the perfect man
Now you’re looking for the perfect life
They take some perfect pics…

But ain’t nothing perfect, girl
No such thing as a perfect world”

See how God corrects those He loves. The past two years have been so dark for me because my mind has been clouded with all the silly imperfections in my life. God has sweetly been trying to teach me NOT to expect perfection from anyone. That I can shake off all the hurts, disappointments, rejections, and frustrations and keep my eyes on the His PRIZE and everything that He is doing for my family and me. NOTHING BEATS GOD’S BLESSINGS!!!

The love I feel from God is so deep that I started ugly and happy crying on the hotel’s gym’s treadmill. The song “Motownphilly” was playing as I entered, and I thought back to this special God wink that I wrote about in this old post:

“GOD’S PRESENCE IS ALWAYS WITH ME, BABY!!!
He makes me feel like the most loved person in the world with all the attention I receive from Him. Like the other evening, Ember came home from work, and I immediately started singing this song to her:

“Motownphilly’s back again
Doin’ a little East Coast swing” – Boyz II Men

Fast forward an hour or so later, I’m watching my fav show lately, New Girl. At the very end of the first episode I continued watching from, OF ALL THE SONGS IN THE WORLD, can you believe the characters of the show ended up singing these exact lyrics:

“Motownphilly’s back again
Doin’ a little East Coast swing”

There are like 7 seasons of this show on Netflix, and I’m on 5th one. So, this again lined up too perfectly to be considered some ordinary coincidence. It was another one of my God winks. He lovingly orchestrated this to let me know His invisible Presence is always with me. For the very lyrics I sang to Ember to be sung by the characters of this show on the very episode I continued watching from was God showing me His deep, deep love.”

When I heard the song playing at the gym, overlooking this gorgeous hotel, I cried thinking how God continually shows up for me and my family. Fast forward to less than two hours later, I’m having an appointment at 15 minutes past the hour on page 15 of our website, and incredibly, at the very top of that page was my old YouTube video where I shared this Motownphilly God wink. From crying on the treadmill listening to this song and thinking and crying of God’s goodness in my life, He found a way to CONFIRM His deep love for us. And His love removes all fear, baby! That I can walk through life with the mindset that I’m God’s girl, first and foremost. Getting my love, approval, and security from Him as I confidently walk through the valleys and mountain peaks with Him as my Loving Partner. Are you rolling with God? May He INCREASE our faith in Him!!!

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HEEHAW! I just said to everyone! That I just took a shower, changed into some comfy clothes, and I’m sitting at my computer so excited to tell you guys current, up to this moment, information on my gorgeous life’s adventure with God.

Like yesterday, I picked up someone from the airport and said we’re going on an adventure to the nearest Cheesecake Factory. I put it in my phone’s GPS, and off we went. We ended up in downtown Fort Lauderdale, and I had difficulty finding somewhere to park. I finally found a spot, and when we hit the main strip, my guest suggested I take a picture of where we were so that I could find our way back to my car. We’re standing on the corner, and the restaurant there is playing the song, ‘A Lovely Day.’ Can you believe that a week before this, my guest had hired a carpenter to paint a sign for the entrance of her house that says, ‘Lovely Day?’ For us to stand at that corner, for that song to play of all the songs on the world, was God’s sweet way of revealing His invisible Presence with us. No coincidence!

Then, this morning, I had an appointment with God at 43 minutes past the hour, reading page 43 of our family’s website, and this beautiful message showed up on the very top of that page:

“Hope: If you only carry one thing throughout your entire life, let it be hope. Let it be hope that better things are always ahead. Let it be hope that you can get through even the toughest of times.”

Fast forward an hour or so later, I’m talking to someone over the phone, and they’re crying and all emotional. I told them about what I learned from my brother Kevin recently. He said how you have two sides of your hand, you can look at one side of life reflecting on what’s wrong, or you can turn your hand over and look at the other side – the good. It’s your choice. So I asked them to tell me five things they were grateful for, and amazingly her first thing was “HOPE!” I quickly sent a pic of the hope message from page 43, saying this is a message from God to them. Again, no coincidence!

This prayer was also on page 43:

“Heavenly Father, I know that I am in battle against a supernatural force of evil, and the only way I can be triumphant in this battle is through an even more powerful force. I know that you are that force. Thank you for giving me the wisdom, courage, and strength to be your hands and feet in this world. Thank you for the opportunity to stand between oppression and freedom. Today, I cast down every fear, every thought that doesn’t align with your Word. I ask you today to give me the discernment to identify the strategies of the enemy and the wisdom to respond. Grant me the courage to act based on my training, preparation, and level of skill. In Jesus’ Holy Name I pray. Amen.” – Lt. Col. Dave Grossman

Fast forward to me being out on my run, again a little over an hour later, and being so tired after a very exhausting week, that I just sat on a bench near my God tree asking God what He had to say to me. This time I went to Tumblr.com, but when the usual God posts didn’t speak so much to me, I searched for “Spiritual Warrior.” Look at one of the top posts there:

“Heavenly Father, I know that I am in battle against a supernatural force of evil, and the only way I can be triumphant in this battle is through an even more powerful force. I know that you are that force. Thank you for giving me the wisdom, courage, and strength to be your hands and feet in this world. Thank you for the opportunity to stand between oppression and freedom. Today, I cast down every fear, every thought that doesn’t align with your Word. I ask you today to give me the discernment to identify the strategies of the enemy and the wisdom to respond. Grant me the courage to act based on my training, preparation, and level of skill. In Jesus’ Holy Name I pray. Amen.” – Lt. Col. Dave Grossman

I smiled with God, knowing this was no coincidence, but Him AGAIN revealing His invisible presence with me. I said, ‘High Five, God!’ And that’s why every day is a Lovely Day; WE HAVE GOD’S INVISIBLE PRESENCE BACKING US UP! HUGE SMILE!

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I’m having such a fun time with this line my son, Joshie, taught me from a TikTok video. This light, funny, happy, joyful, kind, loving, forgiving, cool, gentle, and friendly personality is what I’m stealing from this son. I had the best time with him last night watching TV in their room. He wanted to play video games, but this precious little guy, instead, cuddled next to me, bringing me grapes and a cinnamon roll that we enjoyed together. He didn’t even mention the games until I was leaving, saying one of his friends was waiting to play with him. His brother, Emmie, came in saying that I was the best mom because I push him always to give his best, which he loved about me. I left that room feeling so grateful and happy to have such a beautiful family, y’all. I sucked up every moment of enjoyment with them! I’m blessed!

I have to give thanks to God, who is in the background of my life, helping me to enjoy it so much more. He is my Therapist helping me to be my happiest and best self. For real! For real! God turns all my weaknesses, failures, mistakes, hurts, sadness, pain, disappointments, insecurities, anger, bitterness, rejections, humiliations, falls, stumbles, anxieties, stresses, insults, miseries, guilt, inadequacies, and doubts into HUGE wins when I use them ALL to get closer to Him!

Like yesterday, after writing this in my post:

“My new mindset is to look to God in every moment, LEANING ON HIM MORE and other humans way less. So help me, God!” It was 5:30, so I went to page 30 of our family’s website, and look what incredibly showed up, written as if God was speaking directly to me: “LEARN TO LEAN ON ME more and more (Wink! Wink!).” – Jesus Calling

For that “LEARN TO LEAN ON ME more and more” after I wrote minutes before that I’m leaning on Him more, was His way of coming through and revealing His invisible and loving Presence that is always with me. He plants all these sweet reminders throughout my days to remind me that I can take on this joyful demeanor from Joshie, knowing God Himself walks with me, as I take on this fantastic adventure with Him as my First Love and Guide.

I’m going into 2022 as God’s girl fully and completely, more committed than ever to walking closer with Him. I’m not only thanking God for all my falls, mistakes, and wretchedness of 2021 that have opened my eyes to where I can improve, be wiser, stronger, and braver, I’M LOVING THEM! They have pushed me closer to God, where I know I’m deeply cherished, supported, loved, and approved of by Him. No other love is necessary. May 2022 bring us ALL even closer to Him! Amen!

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That was my son, Emmie, as I made French fries for him! “They’re like McDonald’s fries,” he said in excitement. To God be the glory for me to be in this head and physical space to be able to take care of our daughters, who are down from having wisdom teeth removed, and our two sons. I had a full day waking up early to look for cars to purchase for our business, went out on my run with God, back to actually attempt to purchase cars with hubby over the phone, then to the grocery store filling everyone’s special requests, back to buy more cars with hubs, and then to cook, with the entire day being filled with such GRATTUDE and JOY. “I can do everything through him who gives me strength.” – Philippians 4:13 (HUGE SMILE)

With everything going on, though, I said I must go and meet with God at our new special place. God didn’t disappoint me; He showed up! It was a conversation with my brother, Eddie, that God used to reveal His Presence. Stopping my run on the Nike Running Club App, I saw the number 15, so I went to page 15 of our family’s website, and exactly, like word for word, what I said to my brother showed up as God agreed with what I said regarding where I go wrong in my marriage:

“Yes, Nik, IT IS YOU WHO HAS TO CHANGE!!!” It was God who put it in my spirit to relisten to this Devon Franklin interview, and I’m so grateful. I look too much to my husband for love, security, happiness, and fulfillment, which is not his job. That’s work that I need to do for myself, not looking to anyone else to provide these things for me.”

That has been the mistake your girl has been making for too long, and God is forever correcting me. He wants us to get our love, security, happiness, and approval from Him! Other humans are not capable of providing this to us, only God. If we lean too much on others, we’re only going to get seriously disappointed. They are weak, just like us, with their demons and struggles. My new mindset is to look to God in every moment, leaning on Him more and other humans way less. So help me God!

“And they lived happily ever after,” is the sign at the front door of our home. I was expecting the fairy tale happy ending (which hasn’t happened!!!), but God gave me a beautiful new perspective today listening to the Rich Roll podcast. A guest empathized the word “LIVED,” meaning we get to LIVE (we’re not dead!) these lives that are full of ups and downs, struggles, and setbacks, but STILL beautiful adventurers. I went out on my run with God so happy after that, thinking how I get to LIVE this extraordinary life with Him, filled with purpose and joy, feeling like my life is a personal mission with Him to be His Rockstar mom, wife, and person, all for His glory. Heehaw!

I tried today to purchase some Kia Fortes. I got the feeling to look up that word “forte” and it means “one’s strong point.” My strong point, without a doubt, is my closeness to God. Knowing that He is right there with me, helping and loving me through all of it. He is my greatest friend and yours too if you invite His invisible Presence into every moment with you. He is just waiting for us to acknowledge Him and listen to Him regarding every aspect of our lives.

…and they LIVED happily ever after with God by their side. Wink! Wink!

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That was the fantastic question from my nephew, Duro, very early this morning. The short answer is that I do my best (although I don’t always get it right) to live a life listening and being obedient to God. If He says, ‘Nik, I want you being your most loving and forgiving self!’ I say, ‘Ok, Boss, anything to please You!!!’ When others are unfair to me, I remember that God’s ways are more than fair. He exceeds my expectations in every aspect of my life! I live with one necessary mindset: EVERYTHING IS BETWEEN ME AND GOD, NOT BETWEEN ME AND ANYONE ELSE. What anyone else does, that’s between them and God! I keep my eyes on God and His prize for my life! Wink! Wink!

And following this philosophy from Mother Teresa has guided my life on a gorgeous path. God shows me such love and attention that I feel like I’m His favorite girl in the entire world. Like today nervously walking into the area where the girls were having their wisdom teeth removed, there was a lady there with a T-shirt filled with butterflies and a message, “Think Positive.” It was a special wink from God to me because butterflies have become a special symbol of His invisible Presence that is always with us. It was as if He was saying, ‘Relax, I’m right here with you guys!’ “Faith over fear,” is what I told the girls. We’re trusting God as our constant Partner, Friend, Guide, Protector, and very loving Father.

“What kind of a mother do you think I am? You want me to take care of you?” I joked with the girls on the way to the dentist. Honestly, they have been like the mom helping me with grocery shopping, cooking, cleaning, picking up, and helping me out with the boys; it is my proud pleasure taking care of them. I don’t know where I would be without them how they cater to us. They’re the perfect example of why I forgive: The blessings from God are off the charts when we follow His leading. My cup overflows with blessings! (HUGE SMILE)

I didn’t get to go to my new spot today with the girls having to go to the dentist, where I hang out with God asking what He has to say to me. I now run to another close-by neighborhood that’s exceptionally beautiful. I’m reminded of what an extraordinary life God has guided me to. Sucking in the atmosphere, I’m filled with extra love and gratitude for God’s help and guidance. These runs and alone times with God are where He gives me His perspective on my life and reforms my character, helping me to become the Nik He would have me to be. Two mornings in a row, these verses have shown up in my alone times with God:

“Honor those leaders who work so hard for you (that’s my husband!)… Overwhelm them with appreciation and love (Wink! Wink!)” – 1 Thessalonians 5:12-13

God is pretty talkative once you get to know Him, and I sent my hubs pics of both times. God is at the center of our marriage and these verses showing up two mornings are God’s precise marching orders to me. And I just reply, ‘Roger that, God, I got You!’

“Love says: I’ve seen the ugly parts of you, and I’m staying. Our culture doesn’t love love; It loves the idea of love. It wants the emotion without the sacrifice. – Matt Chandler

“Finally, brothers and sisters, whatever is true, whatever is noble, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable—if anything is excellent or praiseworthy—think about such things.” – Philippians 4:8

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That was an excellent question from Coach Bennet of the Nike Running Club App on my morning run with God today. To be very honest with you guys, I seriously go wrong by looking to my husband too much for his love, approval, and security. My husband is this fierce Nigerian businessman doing his thing, and I’m this sad, fretful, insecure wife waiting for him in the background. BIG MISTAKE!!!

Hubs and I had a huge fight recently, though, and it has been a massive wake-up call for me. Thank God for my brother, Kevin, who told me in a bad moment this year to get closer to God. I did precisely that after a clash with hubby– I ran to God! The most incredible thing happened. I felt God wrap His arms around me when a Dr. Charles Stanley sermon on YouTube just began playing on its own. I do not doubt that God Himself picked it for me to listen to in that awful moment. Such love He shows me!

Dr. Stanley described word for word how I was feeling at that very moment, emotionally and physically – Like this burden was just too much. I can’t take anymore. Who am I for God to go to such great lengths to comfort me with that sermon? I was immediately filled with this intense love for God, knowing He was right there with me.

But the way he put a spin on it, blew the God maniac away! He said we could use the adversity as a bridge to build a closer, more intimate relationship with God. That adversity was my opportunity to get even closer to Him, and I ran with it! God melted away all my fears and insecurities!

Since then, I have had an entirely new perspective. It’s not my husband’s job to provide me with love, approval, and security. That’s where a relationship with God comes sweetly in to help us live our most joyful, peaceful, and purpose and loved-filled lives. I’m God’s Rockstar, baby! Wink! Wink! God has taught me to put all my relationships in their proper perspectives. He has to be number one, and from that place, resting on His heart, we live, move, and have our beings in the world with Him as our constant Partner.

After the battle with hubs, God gave me His strategies to get our marriage back on track with the philosophy that love is like bread. You eat it up, and then you have to bake more. I’ve happily accepted my role as the glue holding the family together. Kevin, also taught me that he wants me to work on being wise. That means going to God for His guidance on what to do on a moment-by-moment basis. And God tells me that I should overwhelm my husband with love, appreciation, and respect. To not let the WEEDS (the bad) overshadow the wheat (the good!). That I should stay on the high road with Him being my most loving and forgiving self. To hold back some words as an act of love. To vent to Him and to others, I should practice silence. To be still and know that He is God (leave the battles with Him!).

God’s ways are not our ordinary human ways, they’re so much better! Make sure you are making time to seek God like I did in that awful moment and get His perspective on your life! We don’t go wrong with God! Heehaw!

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