We Roll With God

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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That was my little sweetie, Joshie, this morning! I climbed up on his top bunk bed and gave him a big hug and kiss. I’m learning so much from this eleven-year-old son, guys. Like having this joyful, light, playful, funny, genuine, loyal, enthusiastic, kind, and extremely loving personality. I left him calling his dad, and when my husband picked up, he said, “Merry Christmas, Oga Sir,” in this fun Nigerian accent. Let me tell ya, I’m taking lessons from this son regarding his personality, and I tell my other kids to do the same. When my husband called me, I took a line from Joshie’s playbook and said, “Merry Christmas, Better than Best Husband. You’re our gift every day of the year. We’re enjoying this gorgeous life with you!”

Joshie is teaching me to access God’s tact, personality, and charisma, every day, all day! This year, my favorite advice was from my brother, Kevin, who said that the best thing he could tell me was to get closer to God. To make God my top priority! And, boy oh boy, I wasn’t expecting this closeness! Like this morning, I woke up to this old post in my appointment with Him:

“‘I FEEL GOOD’

Let me tell ya! I’m having the best time listening to Beres Hammond’s song, as if God is singing to me:

“I feel good
When you’re wrapped up in My arms
Dancing to a reggae song
Feel good, feel good
I feel good cause your perfume isn’t loud
That only I can talk about
Feel good, feel good”

God said I should find new ways of enjoying Him, and I’m doing exactly that, imagining that I’m going through my life wrapped up in His arms dancing to a reggae song, with only Him smelling my perfume. (SMILE)”

A few minutes after reading this, my daughter, Ember, came to hug me, and I smelled her perfume. I felt God in my spirit saying, ‘Nik, this is the closeness I want with you. I want you walking through life wrapped up in My arms, with Me smelling your perfume.’ A GOD PERSPECTIVE CHANGES EVERYTHING!!! Life doesn’t get any sweeter than this, knowing you are walking with God in every moment as your constant Helper, Friend, Strategist, Counsel, Protector, and LOVING Father.

On my run with Him today, I pretty much played one song that God went through so much trouble for me to hear waiting in a pharmacy one day. I immediately downloaded it, and it’s even my phone’s ringtone:

“I must make you understand
I want to be your Man” – Zapp and Roger

And He wants to be your Man, too, where you are rolling with and leaning on Him more than ever. Everything we say, everything we do, everywhere we go, learning His voice and listening to Him in the 1,000 decisions we make every day, bringing our Tom Brady (GREATEST OF ALL TIME) mentality with us as we take on being the most extraordinary spouses, parents, and people in our own little worlds.

Please take Kevin’s advice and start seeking God. Then make sure you have alone times with Him reading anything spiritual that makes you feel close to Him and encourages you to stay on the high road, by being your most excellent, courageous, strong, yet gentle, forgiving, and loving self, all for the glory of God. I promise you, the best life is close to Him!!! Wink! Wink! Say this prayer with me, ‘God, I want a closer walk with You! Amen!’

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God blows me away with the love and attention He shows me! Like this morning, I went running to my God tree, and this song was the first to play:

“I like you, girl, in particula
You in particula” – Major Lazer

Let me tell ya, I started dancing, feeling God was singing this song directly to me! Fast forward a few minutes later, I’m sitting down on the curb under my God tree at 16 minutes past the hour (and, no, I don’t look at all insane! (SMILE)). I go to page 16 of our family’s website and look what incredibly showed up in an old post there:

“I LIKE YOU GAL IN PARTICULA!” (Wink! Wink!) That was, believe it or not, God singing to me out on my morning run with Him!”

Again, this lined up too perfectly to be some ordinary coincidence! God Himself confirmed His message that He likes me, baby, in particular!!! A huge smile came across my face, and I truly felt like the most loved person in the world.

“Every day is Christmas for us!” is what I told Julie today! God has guided our lives on such a gorgeous path that we can genuinely celebrate like a memorable holiday every day. Those runs every morning in our neighborhood wake me up to all the beauty in my life, like God is saying, ‘Nik, you have so much to appreciate. Look around, look at your life.”

I’m especially enjoying a white Audi Q5 that I felt God wanted me to have after I’ve felt that this car has been a special wink from Him for the past month or so whenever I saw one. However, my husband purchased a white Range Rover for me, saying that was the car he wanted his wife to have, but in my heart, I still wanted a white Q5. Long story short, I ended up returning the Range Rover back to the seller, and I finally got the vehicle that has been special to God and me. I sent hubby a pic of it with a message saying, “Spoilt wifey got the white Audi that she wanted!” (HUGE SMILE)

Speaking of this hubby, though. He is a big part of why we can celebrate every day. I call him “better than best husband” because he goes overboard with his love for his family. We may go through our battles, but in the end, I feel we come through with more love and respect for each other. Go figure! And that’s our testimony to the world on God’s behalf that our families are crucial to Him, and He wants us to stick together. Hubs and I may go through the darkest nights, but we still have this hope that our best days are still out in front of us.

“Let us be very sincere in our dealings with each other and have the courage to accept each other as we are. Do not be surprised at or become occupied with each other’s failure; rather see and find the good in each other, for each one of is created in the image of God.” – Mother Teresa

“Dear Human: You’ve got it all wrong. You didn’t come here to master unconditional love. That is where you came from and where you’ll return. You came here to learn personal love. Universal love. MESSY LOVE. Sweaty love. Crazy love. Broken love. Whole love. Infused with divinity.”

“And so we know and rely on the love God has for us. God is love. Whoever lives in love lives in God, and God in them.” – 1 John 4:16

FIGHT FOR YOUR FAMILY! DON’T GIVE UP! PRACTICE PATIENCE, FORGIVENESS AND LOYALTY, ALL FOR THE GLORY OF GOD!

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Like the other day, I was getting dressed and decided to listen to some music. I needed to connect to our speaker’s Bluetooth, and IMMEDIATELY I CONNECTED, of all the over 800 songs in my music library, these lyrics popped up, and I knew it was God having some fun with me:

“I’m tryna connect to your body, girl, like it’s Bluetooth (Wink! Wink!)” – Mood by 24KGoldn

No way was this some random coincidence! It was God revealing His deep and intimate involvement in every tiny detail of my life. How sweet is that? That we all can walk through life knowing that we are walking with God as our Constant Companion and Guide.

And about this God connecting to us like Bluetooth, it’s the perfect way to describe how we can have our entire lives intertwined with Him. “For in Him we live and move and exist, baby!” We can pick up on what He would have us to do, say and go on a moment-by-moment basis. Like this week, at one point, He was telling me to STAND FIRM, then next thing I knew, He was telling me to STAND DOWN, regarding the same issue. He has been training me to be both soft (gentle, loving, patient, and forgiving) and hard (tough, strong, brave, firm, never giving up, courageous, fearless). So I’m listening to Him in my spirit as to what He would have me to do depending on whatever situation I’m facing. God is my Strategist, Teacher, and GREATEST FRIEND EVER!!! Feelings of peace, excitement, enthusiasm are His way of saying, ‘Yes, this is the way to go.’ However, feelings of stress, uneasiness, doubt, and anxiety are Him saying, ‘Hold up! Wait a minute! Let’s rethink this!’

Are you connecting to God’s Bluetooth? I promise you the best life is close to Him when we are constantly seeking His guidance! He is an expert in everything! I’m even thanking Him for a problematic experience recently because I see that He was training me to be brave and less worried and fretful all the time. He used it to toughen me up and my entire team. We made some mistakes, but mistakes are OK when we use them to make needed corrections and see how we can be better. GOD STRONG!!!

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