That was the vital question asked by an angel God sent to work with me. The kids ask, “Mom, what is his job?” I reply that his job is to make everyone happy, and he is excellent at that! As soon as he comes, we greet each other, saying, “Thank You, Jesus (God), and all day we continue repeatedly thanking God. He said one day, “We sell cars; we say thank You, Jesus. We don’t sell cars; we say Thank You, Jesus.” This morning he woke me up at 7 am, saying, “Don’t forget, we have a customer early today.” The employee was calling to wake up the boss to get to work (HUGE SMILE)! And we had a beautiful and fun day of car selling!

On that note, I jumped up from bed, and I was off for my run to my God tree. I can’t do this car business without Him! There God reminded me that even if I fall a million times, I should get back up a million and one. He also told me how proud He was of me. I might have fallen a lot, but I kept getting back up. And I did some hard things for Him (ANOTHER SMILE). Here’s that old post!

“WHY ARE YOU ASKING ME?” (REPOST)

I questioned my daughters yesterday after they called, asking if they could go for a run in a nearby park. I wasn’t expecting this response (I paraphrase here): “Mom, you were the one who kept saying, “Let’s do hard things!” You’re so brave. You’re fearless! We see you running through bushes, over snakes, doing challenging things. We’re following you.” Wow! And that confirmed my change of perspective on this rough year!

Earlier that day, I felt God speaking to me through a “Suckcess Run” with Coach Bennet of the Nike Running Club. He talked about perspectives and how we can look at our failures from a different angle. So, here I’ve been thinking what a mess up I’ve been this year of what felt like a million falls, and thanks to Coach Bennet, I flipped it, feeling God had this to say, ‘Wow, Nik, you did some hard things for Me. You’re my little superhero. You might have fallen, but you were resilient, you kept getting back up. And you kept focused on building a closer relationship with Me. Great job! We have a lot to celebrate here!”

Then hearing my daughters remind me that they were watching their momma take on this challenging year was the icing on the cake. Not only did they see me, but I also shared with you guys how God would show up in every one of those falls to let me know He was with me.

And that’s the best perspective change ever. Knowing God is with you in the good times and the hard times. He has your back no matter how many times you fall and fail, and He loves you unconditionally no matter how many times you mess up. This year also importantly taught me that this is what He expects us to do for others – love unconditionally.

I love how God uses my husband to teach me all these love lessons to pass on to you guys. I told him today that all I know and all I need to know is that he is the best husband in the world. We may have our dark nights, but we rise up again with the hope that our best days are still ahead of us. We remain loyal to each other no matter what we go through. In fact, these difficult times seem to bring us even closer together. Go figure! Like we can go through the toughest times, survive, and recommit to getting even better TOGETHER! God’s ways are not our ordinary human ways; they’re so much better!

Are you getting CLOSER to Him? Say this prayer with me, ‘God, I want a closer walk with You.’ Then start having alone times seeking Him and asking Him to be a part of the 1,000 decisions you make every day, seeking to make Him happy. I promise you, the best life is close to God!!!

That was me to my guru (spiritual adviser), Kevin, yesterday. It was maybe a year ago. I called him asking how he predicted this statement when I called him all frustrated, sad, and emotionally hurting under my God tree:

“Neeks, you’re like a boxer right now. After getting hit (NOT PHYSICAL HITS) in your head like 10,000 times, you eventually get numb to the pain.”

Fast forward to a year later, your girl here has become numb to the hits! How did Kevin know this would happen? I have no doubt about it now; God speaks to me through Kevin. An ordinary human response would be to get out of the ring after 10 or 100 punches, Kevin encouraged me to stay even past the 10,000th punch, when I would eventually get numb to the pain. Who would advise such a thing? But that advice has paid off, and I’m super happy I stayed in the ring. True love has to be tested! (HUGE SMILE)

God has been teaching me that these hits were a part of the journey between Him and me, not between me and anyone else. He wants me to learn how to love unconditionally, then pass these lessons on to you guys. It has NOT been an easy journey (I’ve fallen like a million times), but I always felt I was doing it for the team (the entire human race!). To help us all learn these messy love lessons that God Himself would have us to learn.

God is love. He wants us all to abide in love with Him and each other. That’s what would make Papa God proud. The way Kevin has been supporting me and encouraging me to get back up when I fall with all His great advice has been all God’s way of showing me His deep love. And that’s my prayer for us, that we can all be God’s hands and feet and mouths in the world, His representatives, spreading His love wherever we go. Not easy, but God will be our strength when our human capacity to love and forgive fails. Our job isn’t to judge anyone, just to love and hopefully bring them closer to God, as Kevin lovingly has done for me.

“A new command I give you: Love one another. As I have loved you, so you must love one another. By this everyone will know that you are my disciples, if you love one another.” – John 13:34-35 NIV

That was a message from a friend today. She said initially she didn’t want to hear my positive advice, and I completely get it.I do the same with God – God, I don’t want to hear from You! I want to be mad, mean, angry, and upset! But thank God for GROWTH and maturity. Now I’m RUNNING to hear what God has to say because He honestly leads me on the best paths. Here’s an old post to explain more:

‘THIS IS VERY FRUSTRATING!’ I complained to God. It’s 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:

”O God! Refresh and gladden my spirit. Purify my heart. Illumine my powers. I lay all my affairs in Thy hand. Thou art my Guide and my Refuge. I will no longer be sorrowful and grieved; I will be a happy and joyful being. O God! I will no longer be full of anxiety, nor will I let trouble harass me. I WILL NOT DWELL ON THE UNPLEASANT THINGS OF LIFE. “

And speaking of being FULL of anxiety, that was me yesterday, and I immediately RAN to Him AGAIN. I reread some old posts, including my fav lately:

“Come 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.” 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 I’m WISELY learning to let God lead the direction we go in, on a moment-by-moment basis. It’s not always easy, and at times it takes serious DISCIPLINE not to be the crazy, drama Nik who wants to make an appearance. But God’s 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.”

Are you going to God in your sad, frustrating, painful, anxious, and other awful moments? Let’s bear all our burdens with Him.

KEEP CALM—YOU’RE ROLLING WITH GOD

This morning, I was headed back home from touching my God tree, where I try to go every day to see what He has to say to me there. On the way back, I thought of someone I spoke with two days ago. In my mind, I was thanking them for their honesty and great advice. At that precise moment, I looked up, and that very person I was thinking of was directly walking ahead of me on the cross street! Wow! That lined up extremely too perfectly to be some ordinary coincidence! Even the God Maniac here was blown away by that one! (HUGE SMILE)

I tried calling them, but they didn’t hear me, so I ran and caught up with them, telling them how I was just thinking of them and what they said in our last conversation, and they suddenly appeared. No coincidence, but a God wink that He is intimately involved in my life and incredibly knows everything about me, including every thought, I think! To have that person lined up so perfectly was just God again revealing His invisible Presence REMINDING ME THAT HE IS IN COMPLETE CONTROL OF EVERYTHING AND EVERYONE!!! Come to think of it, maybe He was the One who placed that thought in my head. It is one of the ways He communicates with us – through our thoughts.

So, I walked with this person for a bit, then headed back home. I noticed a speed limit sign with the number 30 on it. I felt God in my spirit (a strong nudge/feeling) saying I should go to page 30 of our family’s website for an appointment with Him there as I walked back home. I couldn’t believe what was there at the very top of the page! It was a story from over two years ago that I started to write and tell you guys about TWICE yesterday in my post, but deleted it both times, feeling it wasn’t the message God wanted me to reshare that day. For me to just see that sign saying “30” and to go there on our family’s website to see this very story on the top of page “30” was God’s way of AGAIN revealing His invisible Presence with me, as if saying, ‘I saw you, Nik, delete that story both times yesterday!’ The story began with my husband sending an old pic of us together, and I felt God dictating to me the specific message to send in response (He is my help in every aspect of my life!):

“Forget the former things! God is doing a new thing! He is taking our family to new and greater heights! HE WILL MAKE A STREAM in the wastelands, a spring in the desert.”

Long story short, the girls came out to run errands with me that day, and as we were driving next to the highway, Ember shockingly pointed out a LONG STREAM of water flowing that was not there before. Apparently, some nearby lake overflowed from lots of rain, and I immediately thought of that text to my husband: HE WILL MAKE A STREAM. God did! THIS WAS NO COINCIDENCE! That was God finding a NEW way of showing me His deep love and attention. I was at peace the entire day driving around with my daughters KNOWING GOD HIMSELF WAS THERE WITH US.

Fast forward two years later, the lake overflowed again recently, and I thought back to God’s promise from two years ago. Honestly, guys, GOD HAS DONE A NEW THING! Where God has taken our family TRULY blows me away, and why I say I’m no longer on the high road with Him, I’m on the highest road! God, how may I please You, let me learn.

God has exceeded our expectations, as usual! I’m thanking Him every moment, grateful that we’ve kept our HOPE IN HIM, following His leading, and doing what Dr. Charles Stanley taught: OBEY GOD AND LEAVE THE CONSEQUENCES TO HIM. Like that person I met up with today said, “Only God doesn’t disappoint!” Let’s forever keep our hope in Him, no matter what’s going on around us. Nothing too complicated or difficult for God to handle. Let’s keep doing our utmost best and leaving the rest with God! Amen!

I was so thrilled to hear this from my daughter, Ember, as we left a meeting about improving our family hustle game. We got to the location, and there were no more parking spaces. I told Ember to pull into the main parking area, only to double-check, and suddenly, someone came out and backed out of the very first parking spot closest to the entrance, as if they were there waiting for us to arrive as if saying, ‘I was holding this spot for you guys!’ Got that right, holding for God’s fav girls, baby!

So, I’m in the meeting, trying not to happy cry – Nikki, compose yourself – just being there with our eldest daughter, with this company that we’ve worked with for over 20 years now. This organization has been such a blessing, helping us to feed our family, y’all. The God nerd here was filled with such joy being in that room. Wow, God! You really love us!

It’s another testimony of how you CAN work smarter, not harder, with God as your Personal Life Partner and Guide. People always suggest that we work with other companies, but we stay loyal to this one because this is where we strongly feel God Himself wants us. YOU MUST LEARN GOD’S VOICE FOR YOURSELF!!! No joke! Honestly, this company exceeds our expectations, and I’m just thanking God for the wisdom and insight to stick with them. God’s an expert in everything, don’t play around with your relationship with Him!

There is a rep there that I took to introduce my daughter to at the end, and I told him how our little sign of the “411” has been showing up all over. God uses this “411” as a sign that He Himself is helping me with our business. Hubby is busy, so God has been the One letting me know that I should take getting our business together here as a lighthearted challenge that He and I are working on together. (HUGE SMILE) I told the rep that I even see these signs everywhere advertising 800 “411”-PAIN, and I remember God’s promise that He is helping me. I’m not going to lie to you guys, we left that meeting, and directly across from the building’s exit where we needed to stop, was a bus bench advertising of all things possible, 800-“411″ (Wink! Wink!)-PAIN.

Of course, your girl here REALLY started crying because I knew that bench placement directly across from the building’s exit, minutes after that conversation with that rep, was totally and completely orchestrated by God to make His girl here happy, AGAIN revealing His invisible Presence there with my daughter and me. How could that possibly be a coincidence for that ad to show up there minutes after our conversation with that rep? All the deep love of God for me and my family that I want you to begin to pay attention to and learn for yourself. OUR GOD IS WITH US, AND HE IS PERSONALLY INVOLVED IN OUR LIVES!

“Trust in the LORD with all your heart; do not depend on your own understanding; Seek his will in all you do, and he will show you which path to take.” – Proverbs 3:5-6

Amen!

That was me to my brother, Kevin, today! He shares wisdom with me that I can pass on to you guys! Sharing is caring! So, the gift we want to share today is for you guys to make decisions from the crucial God perspective, continually asking, “God, how can I please you here?” Obeying God and leaving the consequences with Him! Trust us, God’s ways are not our ordinary human ways; they are so much better. God is not only an expert in everything, but He is behind the scenes at work on our behalf in the spiritual realm. NOT learning His voice and NOT following His leading is NOT wise! Wink! Wink!

Like this relationship with Kevin, as my guru/adviser, began over three years ago when my husband called to report something I had done to him (your girl was a terror then!). When I called Kevin back to give our family’s response, he said, “Nikki, forget this foolishness you and your husband are fighting about!” He told me to focus on more important matters.

See the wisdom in all that? Life is full of distractions that will take us away from what’s important. The schemes of the devil! And if we’re not careful, we waste precious time and energy fighting the wrong battles that take us away from living our best lives and God’s plans for us before we were even born.

For example, your girl here has wasted too much time and energy on tracking and monitoring my husband (COMPLETE WASTE OF TIME AND ENERGY!!!!). But when you know better, hopefully, you do better. The new Nik is focused, man! I have my daughters, that will both soon be off to university in New York, by the grace of God, that still need momma to be their guard rails, along with my nephew Duro, who is doing exceptionally well on his internship with Amazon. Now, the same time and energy that I put into them has to be put into my sons. Emmie made me so proud in that he almost made all A’s except for one B in the school they attended this year in the US. Joshie gets the award for most improved how he adjusted himself after the school sent a letter saying he may have to repeat 6th grade. That’s how we do, boo! We may fall a million times, but we get up a million and one.

And this better than best husband needs my support with our businesses more than ever. He spoils me, and it’s my time to spoil him by showing up on his behalf as the better version of a wise wife (Wifey 2.0!). To sometimes pretend I don’t see what I see or hear what I hear and free him to live his best life, as I live my best life as God’s superstar. That’s wisdom!

As Kevin taught me, as long as Manny (hubby) is taking care of his family, he respects you; there is nothing more you can ask. Just keep it respectful, boo, or the crazy lady will show up like she did that day you had to call Kevin for me! Believe it or not, God teaches me the same thing as Kevin, to be ignorant as if I’m deaf and blind, even mute, as He tells me to keep SILENT and vent to Him! God, anything to please You, let us learn as you give more than I can imagine! May we all be peacemakers, forgiving plenty and loving extravagantly, especially in our homes!

This morning, I was headed back home from touching my God tree, where I try to go every day to see what He has to say to me there. On the way back, I thought of someone I spoke with two days ago. In my mind, I was thanking them for their honesty and great advice. At that precise moment, I looked up, and that very person I was thinking of was directly walking ahead of me on the cross street! Wow! That lined up extremely too perfectly to be some ordinary coincidence! Even the God Maniac here was blown away by that one! (HUGE SMILE)

I tried calling them, but they didn’t hear me, so I ran and caught up with them, telling them how I was just thinking of them and what they said in our last conversation, and they suddenly appeared. No coincidence, but a God wink that He is intimately involved in my life and incredibly knows everything about me, including every thought, I think! To have that person lined up so perfectly was just God again revealing His invisible Presence REMINDING ME THAT HE IS IN COMPLETE CONTROL OF EVERYTHING AND EVERYONE!!! Come to think of it, maybe He was the One who placed that thought in my head. It is one of the ways He communicates with us – through our thoughts.

So, I walked with this person for a bit, then headed back home. I noticed a speed limit sign with the number 30 on it. I felt God in my spirit (a strong nudge/feeling) saying I should go to page 30 of our family’s website for an appointment with Him there as I walked back home. I couldn’t believe what was there at the very top of the page! It was a story from over two years ago that I started to write and tell you guys about TWICE yesterday in my post, but deleted it both times, feeling it wasn’t the message God wanted me to reshare that day. For me to just see that sign saying “30” and to go there on our family’s website to see this very story on the top of page “30” was God’s way of AGAIN revealing His invisible Presence with me, as if saying, ‘I saw you, Nik, delete that story both times yesterday!’ The story began with my husband sending an old pic of us together, and I felt God dictating to me the specific message to send in response (He is my help in every aspect of my life!):

“Forget the former things! God is doing a new thing! He is taking our family to new and greater heights! HE WILL MAKE A STREAM in the wastelands, a spring in the desert.”

Long story short, the girls came out to run errands with me that day, and as we were driving next to the highway, Ember shockingly pointed out a LONG STREAM of water flowing that was not there before. Apparently, some nearby lake overflowed from lots of rain, and I immediately thought of that text to my husband: HE WILL MAKE A STREAM. God did! THIS WAS NO COINCIDENCE! That was God finding a NEW way of showing me His deep love and attention. I was at peace the entire day driving around with my daughters KNOWING GOD HIMSELF WAS THERE WITH US.

Fast forward two years later, the lake overflowed again recently, and I thought back to God’s promise from two years ago. Honestly, guys, GOD HAS DONE A NEW THING! Where God has taken our family TRULY blows me away, and why I say I’m no longer on the high road with Him, I’m on the highest road! God, how may I please You, let me learn.

God has exceeded our expectations, as usual! I’m thanking Him every moment, grateful that we’ve kept our HOPE IN HIM, following His leading, and doing what Dr. Charles Stanley taught: OBEY GOD AND LEAVE THE CONSEQUENCES TO HIM. Like that person I met up with today said, “Only God doesn’t disappoint!” Let’s forever keep our hope in Him, no matter what’s going on around us. Nothing too complicated or difficult for God to handle. Let’s keep doing our utmost best and leaving the rest with God! Amen!

That was the prayer I said for hubby with him on the phone under my God tree today. Hubs responded, “Amen!” That’s my prayer for all of us today and every day, though! It’s not an easy road, this life, but that’s where our relationship with God comes sweetly in! Getting closer to home, I called hubby again, asking, “How much does this wife love you?” He answered, “Two percent!” “Wrong answer! This wife loves you infinity (incalculable) percent! And whatever it is we’re going to go through, we’re going to go through it together! Thanks for being the best baby daddy and husband in the world,” I replied.

Let me tell ya, I was out dancing on that run today like it was nobody’s business! I think what Kevin taught me has finally sunken in, “God wants you to know you are secure in Him.” God, I got it! That means He must be the center of our lives (no one else), making decisions from His Almighty perspective and continually asking, “God, what would YOU have me to do here?” Our hope is in Him!

“Those who look to him for help will be radiant with joy; no shadow of shame will darken their faces.” – Psalm 34:5

I can’t get over how God has discovered a new way for the “311” to show up! Yesterday, a God thought came to mind, ‘Nik, you should run a 5K today.’ So instead of cutting across the street to get home, I took a longer loop around. I got home and asked Mr. Google how many miles in a 5K, and the answer was 3.107. I stopped my Nike Running club app to discover I had run unbelievably 3.10 miles. So, I said I needed to get that .07 in, and right as I left out of our front door, it switched to 3.11 miles. Wink! Wink! God’s sweet way to let me know He was with me, nudging me with that impression in my spirit to take on that 5K. Julie, your momma is leaving her comfort zone, baby girl!

In case you are new to my posts, the “311” showing up is a crucial sign from God to me that I should be still and allow Him to fight battles for me while staying on the high road going the extra mile in love, patience, loyalty, mercy, and kindness. I’m to the point now that I’m on the HIGHEST road with God now! Forget high! God shows my family and me such love and tender care, consistently EXCEEDING our expectations in every aspect of our lives that I just want to live my life glorifying and enjoying Him. I HIGHLY SUGGEST YOU DO THE SAME. Forget what anyone else is doing; YOU JUST BE YOUR BEST SELF FOR GOD. Our reward is with Him! Wink! Wink!

The way He shows me such love and attention!!!! Like, I’ll be honest with you, yesterday was an awful day dealing with some messy love stuff that I shouldn’t be dealing with, but it is what it is, folks. So, in all my hurts and frustrations, I cried to God, of course, and He showed up in all His awesomeness. I noticed He drew my attention to the small date in the corner of my computer with the day’s date of “17.” I took it as a nudge to go to page 17 of our family’s website and look what incredibly showed up in an old post from years ago:

“I pretty much played one song repeatedly, ‘Let Me Be Love You,’ (William Singe’s version), imagining God singing these lyrics to me:

“You should let Me (God) love you
Let me be the One to
Give you everything you want and need
Ooh baby good love and protection
Make Me your selection
Show you the way love’s supposed to be”

I read that, and it immediately turned my depressing thoughts into such joy and laughter with God. I knew right away that this was His fun and special way of speaking directly to me, sweetly saying, ‘Nik, how many times do you want Me to repeat this to you? LET ME BE THE ONE TO LOVE YOU, My Girl!!!” (AND STOP EXPECTING SO MUCH FROM OTHER PEOPLE!!!)

But the God wink didn’t stop there! Told you guys I needed to get some work done, and I turned on my music, allowing God to be the DJ, but I kept clicking through the first 4 songs (not feeling them!), and on the 5th one, out of the entire library of over 800 songs, look what showed up, minutes after reading that post:

“You should let Me love you
Let me be the One to
Give you everything you want and need
Ooh baby good love and protection
Make Me your selection
Show you the way love’s supposed to be”

This time it was the original version of the song by Mario. No coincidence, baby! Only God showing me His deep love!!! God, let me be the one to love you!!! (HUGE SMILE)

I still had page 17 up on my computer screen with the lyrics there, and I was just blown away how God would even go to the extent of confirming that this message was Him speaking to me in that awful day by having that song play. God, I will finally take you up on this offer, and let YOU be the One to love me!

I loved another special wink from Him yesterday, too. I had written this in my last post, feeling God in my spirit dictating these words to say to you guys:

“We do not follow the ordinary rules when we walk in faith with God.”

Then for another appointment with God, I asked Him where I should go to hear from Him, and the feeling was my book this time of 366 old blog posts. I took the scroll key at the bottom and just asked God what He wanted me to read, and of all those 366 posts, I promise you, I landed directly on the one entitled:

“WE’RE NOT GOING BY THE ORDINARY RULES” Wink! Wink!

See why I say I’m God’s fav? From sensing in my spirit to include that sentence in my last post for Him to use my big book from so many years ago to confirm that it was indeed His voice I heard directing me to include that sentence.

For me, not going by the ordinary rules means we can take life courageously, bravely, happily, and joyously knowing God Himself is with us in every moment, assisting us in the spiritual realm, no matter the situations that come our way. Even with these messy love lessons! What can I say? I’m Tom Brady and Mike Tyson combined now. I take the punches for the team, doing my thing for my family and God.

I just want you guys to know that I’m no longer on the high road with God, I’m on the HIGHEST road, asking, no matter the situation I’m confronted with, ‘God, how can I enter this moment to glorify You?’ Despite the disappointments, I have no regrets, and l look forward to better days ahead for our family together, all by the grace of God! Ain’t nothing perfect, guys! STAY STRONG! Ask God for His moment-by-moment direction as to what He would have you do. Let God be the One to love you, then spread His love to the rest of the world, beginning in our homes.

”But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, forbearance, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and self-control. Against such things there is no law.” – Galatians 5:22-23

Let’s make Papa God proud out there!!! AND LET HIM BE THE ONE TO LOVE US!!!

I’m sitting at our dining room table this morning, debating as to which DESK I should work on to complete an overdue project. I love the quiet of our work office when everyone leaves, but I also love the home office I set up inside my husband’s closet. Decisions, decisions! Then I thought of having an appointment with God before getting ready for work. It was 42 minutes past the hour, so I went to page 42 of our family’s website, and look what incredibly showed up at the very top:

‘HOW MANY APPOINTMENTS WITH GOD DO YOU NEED?’

That’s me having some fun with myself as I sat procrastinating about getting an overdue project completed. But, turns out, that alone time with God was perfect, as He reminded me that His invisible Presence is always with me. Of all books and of all pages that were close by, I ended up reading these words as I SAT AT MY DESK:

“My friend, Jesus Christ (God) wants us to be serene (calm) WHEN WE ARE AT OUR DESK (Wink! Wink!) and have to face the problems and decisions our work involves.” – Jesus As Friend by Salvatore Canals

That was no coincidence! It was God’s sweet way of revealing His invisible Presence with me, reminding me that I was not handling that project alone. My help comes from the Lord!”

So, I’ve gotten to know God’s personality pretty well, and for that message to show up on page 42 at 42 minutes past the hour as I debated which desk to work at to complete this overdue project today, was just His way of reminding me that no matter where I sit, He would be there to help me (HUGE SMILE). See the sweetness of God I experience? His love blows me away with the close attention He pays to the details of my life. This is the God that I want you guys to know for yourselves!

And this awareness of His Presence with us is what gives us the courage, peace, and joy to take on our lives. We can hold His hand while doing our best in the physical realm, knowing He is behind the scenes in the spiritual realm tweaking situations on our behalf, and taking care of what we can’t. I love this verse:

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

We do not follow the ordinary rules when we walk in faith with God; He can do anything BY HIS SPIRIT! It’s just for us to follow His leading moment-by-moment by learning His voice and being obedient to Him. Notice how I paid attention to that nudge from Him to go precisely to page 42 at 42 minutes past the hour. I’ve learned God’s crucial voice! See the peace He gave me knowing I don’t have to handle that complex project alone and that He would be there with me, NO MATTER THE DESK I CHOOSE?

Get to know God for yourself! Make Him a priority by waking up to appointments with Him by reading or listening to anything spiritual that makes you feel closer to Him. I promise a life close to God is the best life!!! Wink! Wink!