GOD IS PRETTY TALKATIVE ONCE YOU GET TO KNOW HIM

I loved having my daughter, Julie, out on my run with me today! She picked the perfect run with God preaching to me through Coach Bennet about being my own best friend, coach, teacher, encourager, supporter, fan, and cheerleader. I can be my own worst enemy with all the negative chatter I have continually in my head.
Like yesterday, I was upset at myself for my son’s mediocre performance in school, but God sent someone to talk to me for the longest time. Every time I wanted to end the conversation, I felt God in my spirit saying that I should listen. He told me all about what another family was going through, and I left that conversation feeling so grateful and highly blessed. Like, ‘This is nothing compared to what other families are struggling with! My son is a pretty smart and wonderful kid, and we will tackle this situation together.’ I loved what he told his dad, though, “I’m giving up PS4 (video games) until I get back to all A’s!” That’s the spirit, my boo; WE DON’T RUN FROM OUR WEAKNESSES!!!

Including the mama here! I precisely discussed with our customer Mike the problem I have going on when he surprisingly called about an error the bank had made with his loan. He gives me great advice about raising the boys to be great men, and I shared the situation about the upsetting report card. He suggested that I be hard on my son, but I told him that I needed to be hard on myself first. I said, “I need to change my MINDSET. These crazy thoughts I have going on all day have me unfocused on the crucial issues of life, like being the mother my son needs me to be for him right now. I get to work after that conversation, and the calendar that God speaks to me through, incredibly had this to say:

“In order to effectively fulfill your mission, you need to embrace NEW MINDSETS (Wink! Wink!) and outlooks that will help you to personally change.” – Mottos for Success

Honestly, I read back my old posts from many years ago, and I see how I still struggle with the same crazy issues that hold me back. This calendar was indeed God’s way of speaking to me yesterday. No coincidence! God even went further in helping me figure out what that new mindset should be. It was this song that played today as I dressed for work:

“Girl let Me (God) love you
And I will love you
Until you learn to love yourself
Girl let Me love you
And all your trouble
Don’t be afraid, girl let Me help” – Ne-yo

For me, that means going through life, not trying to seek the love, attention, or approval of anyone else, just allowing God to take first place in my heart, wrapped up in His arms as I tackle life bravely, knowing He is always there for me. God’s girl all the way, baby! Not living in fear, but trusting Him while loving others from His perspective. Going the extra mile in love, kindness, patience, gentleness, self-control, peace, and joy. Super hard, but this is where God is calling us. No more starving for love, but being filled with God’s love for us and sharing His love with others and ourselves. Challenging mission, but God will be our strength to be His super people in the world that when we die He will say, “Well done my good and faithful servant!” We got this!

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GOD WANTS TO BE YOUR MAN

That’s the message from Him today for me to share with you! Meaning He wants a STRONG FRIENDSHIP where you know you can rely on Him always to have your back. He’s on your team! Your Best Bud, Homeboy, Life Partner, and Guide. Someone you can always count on 24/7 for support, comfort, love, approval, direction, help, wisdom, favor, and encouragement. Got all that? Now, it’s just for you to practice always remembering that you are not alone and that God is with you ALWAYS.

“Whoever dwells in the shelter of the Most High

will rest in the shadow of the Almighty.

I will say of the Lord, “He is my refuge and my fortress,

my God, in whom I trust.” – Psalm 91: 1-2

Like yesterday, I needed His help with tackling a situation with a vehicle with one headlight that wasn’t working. I debated all the different directions on how to handle it, asking God in my spirit what to do. I got the peaceful feelings from Him to take it to a mechanic close by. Within minutes, he figured out the problem, called someone to bring him the part, and he quickly fixed it for us quickly. When I asked him how much he was charging me, he incredibly said, $40. God’s favor in action, baby! He has been the One lovingly helping me tackle our tricky used car sales business. I do my best to go to Him all day, asking what He would have me to do, and His guidance never fails me. Let me tell ya, God is an expert in everything, and there’s nothing too complicated or messy for Him to help us handle.

But what made my day yesterday was our manager going with this vehicle and helping me out with my daughter’s car. She had to get an Uber from our house to meet up with him. When I thanked him for going the extra mile for us, he replied, “Nikki, like you always tell me, “We’re together.” And that support meant a lot to me yesterday. Life is too hard to do on our own. We need other people!

That, again, is one of the privileges of rolling with God. He connects you with the best people to assist and support you as this manager and mechanic do so well for me. God’s values like loyalty, forgiveness, patience, and gentleness are seriously working for your girl. A relationship with God helps us to have better human relationships. Don’t miss out on making God your Man where you are living a life intertwined with Him on a moment-by-moment basis, continually seeking His guidance in everything you do, everything you say, and everywhere you go. Peace!

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IT’S A CELEBRATION WHEN WE DISCOVER OUR WEAKNESSES!!!

That’s why I’m feeling so grateful to my “Sama” (sister/mama), Kelly! She calls me out on so many areas where I can improve. Like the other day, I told her that I was hard on one of my daughters, and she said, “You need to be hard on yourself, too!” Yes, ma’am!!! Your girl here is still working on becoming the most extraordinary version of herself, and embracing and working on my weaknesses is the plan. But I’m not tackling them alone, 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 (NIV)

No lie, this verse has carried me through the roughest times of my life! Knowing that my strength and help come from God Himself gives me this confidence and joy like nothing else in this world. It’s just for us to tap into all this love from our Heavenly Father! He patiently waits in the background of our lives live a shy person waiting for us to speak with Him and look to Him for our approval, support, love, wisdom, direction, and strength. I loved a song I played on the way to work that said, “The One you should call was standing here all along.”

And that’s exactly what I did yesterday when I had a problematic situation to handle; I called on God. I used it as an opportunity to seek His input. I listened to His Spirit within me as to what to say and what to do. In fact, a song playing in the background right at this moment is Him singing to all of us:

“You don’t need no other body
You don’t need no other body
I just wanna get you beside Me
Gave you all you need, gave you all you need
Gave you all, you give me all you need” – Essence, Wizkid

Got that? God wants us to acquire this beautiful habit of always being with Him. Leaning on Him more and more until our entire lives are a complete and total journey with Him from one moment to the next. Are you ready to live an extraordinary life with God? Start listening to His Spirit within you. It’s a practice of learning His voice, but the more you practice, the better you get at it and the sweeter your life. Wink! Wink! Say this prayer with me right now, ‘God, I want a closer walk with You!’ Amen!

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IN GOD WE TRUST, BABY!

Today, I had a lot going on, so I needed some extra time with God under our tree before starting my day. I have this fire hydrant that I touch, then I would run back to the God tree and sit and have some alone time with Him. When I paused the Nike Running Club run, I saw the number 53, so I decided to read page 53 from our family’s website. I took this old post as my wink from God:

“I’m acquiring the beautiful habit of always being with God, and I’m enjoying Him. Yesterday, we had a situation with a vehicle that was swerving to the right when you drove it. After test driving it for myself, we called a shop to take it to for repairs. After talking to the shop, another issue came up with a customer who purchased a vehicle from us last week and the bank financing her. I thought, ‘God, what is this?’ and I rushed to read my meditation book to hear from Him. This verse showed up:

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

Did you catch that God wink? The vehicle was SWERVING, and the verse said, let us hold UNSWERVINGLY (meaning not changing or becoming weaker; steady or constant) to the hope we profess. Call me crazy, but that was God’s way of having some fun with me and His way of letting me know everything would be fine with that customer and the bank. And it was. Our God is faithful!”

That was the perfect message for me to take on this challenge I needed to handle today! But before I left, I said, let me see what else God had to say to me. It was 23 minutes past the hour, and look what incredibly showed up on page 23 of our family’s website:

““Let us hold UNSWERVINGLY (WINK! WINK!) to the hope we profess, for He who promised is faithful.” – Hebrews 10:23

Did you catch that God wink? The vehicle was SWERVING, and the verse said let us hold UNSWERVINGLY (meaning not changing or becoming weaker; steady or constant) to the hope we profess…”

The EXACT message from page 53 was confirmed!!! This line up EXTREMELY TOO PERFECTLY to be some regular coincidence! It was God’s sweet way to let me know He was with me as I took on a difficult day. And He is with you too! It’s just for us to be aware of His Presence and involve Him in our lives. Amazing how He would find one little word to reveal a tiny glimmer of His invisible presence with us. May we all acquire the beautiful habit of always being with God, and enjoying Him. Wink! Wink!

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“YOU ARE THE BEST WIFE I’VE EVER SEEN”

Those were the words from my brother, Jason, today! I told him he was the one who introduced me to the best husband in the world, so I must keep up. For Jason to say that, though, means I’m doing my job from God in reflecting and glorifying Him as the wife, mother, and person I feel He is calling me to be. I know not everyone understands my decisions, but I follow God’s voice, and those choices have worked out well for me. It ain’t always pretty (I get it wrong, LOTS), but God has beautifully guided me to a gorgeous life, as my brother, Kevin, puts it. And this is where I want us all, not conforming with the world’s standards, but looking to God as the wonderful Guide and Partner of our lives, and doing what make Him happy. Not always easy, but worth it! Wink! Wink!

“Mommy, it’s your time to shine!” were the words I can’t get over from my son, Joshie, yesterday, as I tried to set up a game at home that they loved so much from their church. I went to the store with them to buy a ball and some tape to set it up, and they incredibly stayed outside until 10:30 pm playing it with their friend, Sammy. But even with that, I can’t get over how God found a way to remind us that His Presence is always with us. On the way inside the store, I asked the boys who would be their fourth friend they needed to play the game. They mentioned “Isaiah,” who lives close by, and that they would invite him. Five minutes later, we’re in the store, and we asked for some help finding the tape. Of all the names in the world, can you believe “Isaiah” was the store clerk who assisted us? This was another glimmer of God’s Presence with us. That lined up too perfectly to be some ordinary coincidence! Amazing how He finds these sweet ways to let us know that He is with us.

Like now, as I type this, Joshie has decided that today is the day He completes some holiday homework. As much as I tried to get someone else to assist him, I ended up helping him. The first page he asked me to review with him, unbelievably had his name, Josiah, in one of the sentences. Of this big book, for his name “Josiah” to show up in the very first page he needed to complete, was again everything lining up a little bit too perfect to be a coincidence. It was all orchestrated by God, letting us know AGAIN that He is always with us.

That awareness of God’s invisible Presence with me is what gives me the courage, peace, and joy to take on my life bravely, knowing He is with me. That’s the message He wants me to pass on to you. That we can go through life holding on to Him knowing we don’t handle life alone. My appointment with Him today was the perfect reminder:

“I FINALLY GET IT!!!

At every moment, we have God’s love, power, generosity, strength, wisdom, patience, charm, personality, influence, Spirit, angels, warmth, and friendship backing us up. Are you guys getting this???? God is intimately involved in every nanosecond of our lives, just waiting for us to remember that, although invisible, He is there with us. SWEET!!!”

So, Isaiah showing up five minutes later to assist us, and Josiah’s name showing up was all planted by God to let us know (you too!) that He is with us. That we can face our days courageously doing our best to be the loving, STRONG, faithful, patient, joyful, charming, brave, and going the extra mile kind of people He would have us to be, and leaving the rest of the battles with Him. Even mistakes are OK! Wink! Wink!

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