That is what God tells me sometimes! And now I’m so on board with Him because I know these terrible days have lots to teach me. Take, for example, yesterday, it wasn’t a good day, but looking back on it, I’m grateful. I was reminded of so many vital lessons, like becoming numb to the pain of disappointments. GOD STRONG, BABY! I learned to immediately shake them off and keep my eyes fixed on God, asking what He would have me do. God, I’m at Your service! Forget about high road with God, guys, I’m on the HIGHEST road with Him because if you lean too much on other humans, you will only walk around with your head down with hurts and frustrations. But let me tell ya, those who look to the Lord, their faces are never covered in shame. We can walk with boldness, confidence, peace, and joy, KNOWING God Himself has our back! He pays us back MORE than what anyone can take from us! HEEHAW!!!

“I can do all things through Christ (God) who strengthens me,” is where we have to be, especially when God asks us difficult things of us. I love this message I just opened to:

“Your will be done on earth as it is in heaven.” – Matthew 6:10

Reflection: Our salvation in time and eternity depends entirely on how we conform our lives to God’s will, accepting it with full generosity and fidelity of heart. What is my attitude towards God’s will? Do I see it and follow it in all that happens to me?

Heavenly Father, let me always utter a resolute “Yes” whenever Your will calls me. Make me ready for any sacrifice.” – Minute Meditations for Each Day

Super tough following God! But when I look around at my life, all my blessings, all the battles He has seen me through, all the love He shows me every day with my God winks that show up all over the place, I say, ‘God, anything to please You, let me learn.’

Like I can’t get over yesterday, I was having my dinner and decided to watch Kevin Hart on Netflix. Kevin said something, and my son Emmie passed, saying the same thing simultaneously. I called Emmie asking if he had said it because he saw the words on the TV, and he said no, that it was the lyrics of a song he was listening to. I had Emmie rewind it, and he was amazed and said, “That was for sure a God wink!” See the love I’m talking about? For God to orchestrate the timing of my son rapping a song to line up perfectly with Kevin Hart at the precise time was Him showing His deep love for us. Emmie even gave me a big hug. This is after he had been giving me a hard time about something. God melted away his anger and reminded me that I’m not handling this parenting thing alone. It was also His way of comforting me on that rough and tough day. God is too much!

And this knowledge of God going through such trouble to reveal His invisible Presence with my son and me gives me the courage to stand GOD STRONG, knowing I handle nothing alone. I hope you are committing to a stronger relationship with Him this year!!! He doesn’t require perfect people to walk with Him. I’m just a weak person with a strong God by my side! Today, His message was that we can celebrate when we discover weaknesses about ourselves. He loves us unconditionally! Let’s be His angels in the world showing up as our extra loving, courageous, and supportive selves. Amen!

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I can’t get over how God finds these fantastic ways to speak to me. After saying so many times to my family this entire week that is our year of HARD WORK, God SWEETLY got on board with me. I went as far as bringing my daughters to work to help us clean cars to imbibe this value of HARD WORK. Preached to everyone at our office that the only thing holding us back is HARD WORK and discipline. Forced my daughter Julie to join our team three full days a week. Constantly told my son Joshie that we’re now following my son Emmie by bringing our best every day by WORKING HARD. I even changed my daughters’ contacts to Hardworking Julie and Hardworking Ember from Princess Ember and Princess Julie. Like totally getting on everyone’s nerves about this HARD WORK thing after listening to Rich Roll’s conversation with Joe De Sena, who organizes extremely grueling races all over the world.

This morning I was up from 2 am helping my hubby to rectify a work issue, but that didn’t stop me from going out on my morning run. I got to my God tree and decided to call to see how the situation was going, disconnecting my air pods from the loud music I usually play. A little way up from the tree, a father watched his son cross the street to go to school. The father astonishingly said one thing:

“WORK HARD” Wink! Wink!

I knew right away that was God’s adorable way of letting me know that His invisible Presence is ALWAYS WITH ME!!! That lined up too perfectly to be some ordinary coincidence! For me to turn off my music to past that father at the perfect time to hear him say to his son, “Work hard!” was God letting me know that He is intimately involved in every aspect of my life. This gives me the boldness and confidence to face my days at peace and joy, knowing He is working on my behalf in the spiritual realm behind the scenes taking care of us.

God got us, guys!!! It’s just for us to be fully committed to walking with Him on a moment-by-moment basis. The reason I was up at 2 am so lovingly helping my husband was that I ended a conversation with my brother, Kevin, yesterday saying that God SO EXCEEDS OUR EXPECTATIONS THAT WE MUST CONTINUE STAYING ON THE HIGH ROAD BEING OUR MOST LOVING, EXCELLENT, PATIENT, FORGIVING, GOING THE EXTRA MILE SELVES, NO MATTER WHAT ANYONE ELSE IS DOING.

This brother is the perfect example of God’s love for me! He gave me him to help go through the hardest times of my life. He has been like one thousand brothers in one with the advice he gives me that I get to pass on to you through my blogs and vlogs. No joke! His wisdom is from God Himself speaking clearly to us through him. Like he told me that these runs are where I strategize with God about my problems and how to handle difficult situations because life is a war. He said to keep running, they’re working for me. Even with little sleep, I was back running!

Then the most terrific advice from him was a crazy day. I called him from under my God tree, all emotional, and he said, “Neeks, the best advice I can give you is to get closer to God. Make God your top priority.” Exactly what I needed. I started seeking God more than ever! Primarily through Dr. Charles Stanley, who confirmed so much of what I’ve written about over the years. That’s my advice to you today! THIS LIFE IS TOO HARD TO DO ON OUR OWN! God has to be our number one love; then we respond to everyone else, asking one question, “God, what would make You happy here!” I just told Kevin that these challenging situations don’t happen to me; they happen for me! They’re especially bringing me closer to God, and hopefully you, too! (HUGE SMILE)

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This is a quote from an Obama picture book I keep in our dining room that I now call the “War Room” because it is where I keep my sons’ school uniforms. I keep this book there as inspiration to be the mother Obama’s mom was who woke him up before school to have private time teaching him herself. My kind of mama! I look at my life as if I’m on a personal mission from God to be the best wife possible, to raise the best kids, and to bring humanity closer to God, all for His glory, but let me tell ya; THIS IS HARD.

I got up after 3 am remembering I needed to wash uniforms for the boys to wear today, to finish sharing my posts from yesterday, and now I’m sitting down to type this message to inspire you to do hard things, too, hopefully. The girls and I came to the US from Nigeria two years ago so that they would finish their high school education here in hopes of them qualifying for admissions to their dream universities in New York along with scholarship monies. It was a sacrifice hubby and I made for our daughters’ future, splitting our family in half, but let me tell ya, it’s been tough!

God didn’t promise us an easy life, but I love this verse:

“For if anyone endures the pain of unjust suffering because he is conscious of God, this is to be commended.” – 1 Peter 2:19

This is where I want us all, keeping our focus on God and continually asking, ‘God, what would You have me to do here?’ I feel like I have to be Mike Tyson taking on a lot of blows in the head sometimes, but I say, ‘God, no problem, anything You ask me to do, I will do.’ I have to shake off many disappointments with my eyes on the prize and everything that God has planned out for our family (it’s not just about me anymore). Again, not easy, especially when the crazy lady wants to come out and make an appearance, but I TRY to follow God’s voice in my head. And that voice has led our lives on a stunning path, despite the disappointments.

“I want you to work on being wise,” were the words from my brother, Kevin, that I keep in mind. For me, that means looking to God on a moment-by-moment basis seeking to be the person He would have me to be. If He says, Nik, be the glue that keeps your family together. I do that. If He asks me to be my most loving, patient, going the extra mile self, I do that, too, because God gives us far beyond what we can ever ask or imagine when we stay on the high road with Him.

Life is all about perspective, baby! I now take all the negativity that comes as fuel to put even more goodness out in the world and most crucially to get even closer to God where I’m with Him 24/7. Today I’ll begin my 50 days of discipline again where I’ll be waking up earlier and working harder to be all I feel God is calling me to be in the world – His Rockstar wife, mother, and person! I so enjoyed having our daughters at work with us yesterday as I try to imbue this value of doing everything for God’s glory, bringing our best every day like my son Emmie taught me, knowing our reward is with God. Yes, we will have some hard things to do, but God will be our strength. Wink! Wink! Let’s make Papa God proud out there!

“The people who know their God will be strong and do great things.” – Daniel 11:32

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“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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