“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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GOD, I’M AT YOUR SERVICE!

I loved a conversation with my son, Emmie, yesterday. He said his dad, NOT ME, works hard to provide for our family financially. I got to share with him how his father and I have come up with a beautiful synergy (combination) where he has his role to play (he is an excellent provider!), and I have my role of being the wife who supports him and our kids, along with doing my work for God in the world.

This is a life that God and I have designed TOGETHER, and I love it! Yesterday, I didn’t go out to the office, but I had a great day with our kids. I brought Emmie to my home office to show him the university brochure where our daughter, Ember, will soon attend. He had asked me what the big deal about it was, and I showed him all the internship opportunities she would have access to, like working with Apple or working on Wall Street in New York city. “She won’t just graduate with a regular degree; she will have experience on her resume working with the top companies in the world. This is where I want you to go as well! You have everything it takes to live a successful life, and it’s my job as your mom to help you become all God has created you to be. While daddy goes out to work, you are my important work, my son!”

And speaking of Ember, I pushed her to go to work even though I didn’t. It’s the essential family values that I want to be instilled in her, like going the extra mile by giving her best at every moment as if working for God. There is a report that I gave her the responsibility of sending her dad every week. “Overwhelm the leaders who work hard for you with love, respect, and appreciation,” I constantly tell her. “Be faithful and dependable with that report. Ask your dad what you can do to help him and give your best!”

In all the work you are doing, work the best you can. Work as if you were doing it for the Lord, not for people. Remember that you will receive your reward from the Lord, which he promised to his people. You are serving the Lord Christ.” – Colossians 3:23-24

I found out that everyone was keeping from me a mistake Ember had made. So, I said to her, “MISTAKES ARE OK! We just have to fix them when they happen.” She proudly called me later to say that she had taken care of the mistake. But just to show me (and hopefully you) how deeply God is involved in our lives, minutes after talking to Ember, I had an appointment with God taking a breather on our coach, feeling so exhausted from being Julie’s driver, housecleaning and cooking for the boys, look what incredibly showed up after me telling Ember that mistakes were OK:

“I cried yesterday listening to a freshman in high school, Madison, pray this prayer at Bel Air’s church in California:

“Dear Lord, thank You for this day. Thank You for waking us up this morning. And thank You for everything You give us. I pray for us to help know Your BOLDNESS. That we will be able to move forward in our faith, in our prayer life, and in everything that we are doing. That You will be at the center of every move we make and KNOW THAT MISTAKES ARE OK (Wink! Wink!). To know that we can move forward and that YOU ARE BY OUR SIDE THROUGH ALL OF IT. And that we will be able to prosper and have abundance and growth and help other people to grow as well through knowing you and knowing your faith and boldness… Amen.”

To tell you the truth, I needed that reminder because I haven’t been the person I would like to be lately. Fall a million times, get up a million and one! But God also told me in that appointment that it doesn’t matter how long we’ve been going in the wrong direction; we can always turn around. (HUGE SMILE) God, may we all be at Your service knowing that you are by our sides through all of it, backing us up with Your strength, wisdom, love, guidance, favor, approval, and faithfulness. Amen!

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GOD HIMSELF HAS WIPED AWAY MY TEARS!

That’s the beautiful testimony I have to share with you today. God never promised us easy lives, but He does promise to be with us as we take on the challenges, disappointments, and difficulties. “I am with you always” is the continual message I feel from Him. That verse from the Bible that says, “Blessed are those who mourn,” is so true because those sad times are when you feel God’s Presence with you more than ever if you are open to receiving Him. As much as I begged God to take away all my depressing thoughts, all that horror that was going on in my head has pushed me directly into His arms, where I am now, first and foremost, God’s girl, baby. (HUGE SMILE)

And this is where I want us all! Looking to God as the first love and Guide of our lives, seeking to follow His leading at every moment, asking, ‘God, what would You have me to do? Where would you have me to go? What would you have me to say?’

“My sheep listen to my voice; I know them, and they follow me.” – John 10:27

There is nothing more valuable than knowing the voice of God! Like the other night, I almost turned into the crazy lady talking to my husband when I felt God nudging me to check the time. It was 9:11 in the US where I was, but when I calculated the time in Nigeria, where my husband was, it was 3:11. And I’ve written and spoken so many times how this “311” has been my cooler from God to be on chill, to be quiet, to stay on the high road with Him, to send crazy lady bye-bye, and to be my most loving, gentle, patient and forgiving self. This was truly the perfect guidance because if anyone deserves my love, respect, and silence, it’s my husband! He goes above and beyond what anyone can ask for in a husband and dad. Thanks, God, for the guidance!

God even went as far as having a colossal billboard appear on a highway between my home and office with this gigantic “311” printed on it. It was a day I didn’t even want to go to work because I was so upset and furious, but a customer insisted on coming and dealing only with me, so I had to go. Driving home and seeing that billboard, I instantly smiled with God, knowing right away this was a message from Him to me saying, “Be still and know that I am God.” The crazy lady went away, and God lovingly sorted out the entire situation on my behalf. Don’t mess around with God! He exceeds our expectations when we follow His leading!

Today I ran in the rain to go and touch my God tree before me and my daughters left to attend church. These meetings with Him there have drastically changed me. He would always find some way of letting me know that His Presence is always with me, along with some vital information He wanted to remind me of or teach me.

For example, I just had had a conversation with someone that God does expect us to suffer sometimes. That not every day is all happy and rosy and sometimes He does ask us to do some difficult things for Him. Shortly after that, I go to my God tree and this verse incredibly showed up:

“A person might suffer EVEN WHEN IT IS UNFAIR, but if he thinks of God and stands the pain, God is pleased.” – 1 Peter 2:19

The way this lined up so perfectly after that discussion, was all orchestrated by God. I told y’all I’m feeling like I’m having face-to-face conversations with Him now and this was one of those talks. I’m feeling so close to Him that I can wake up every day filled with such peace, joy, courage, gratitude, and excitement. Even the hard parts are getting easier when I’m doing it all for His glory. I get to wake up every day like God’s rockstar, sharing this great news with you guys that we can go through life walking with Him, only the Creator of the entire universe.

So, to all the mourning and sadness that had me running to God, I thank you for visiting with me and helping me get closer to Him. But you must go now so that I can be about my work of bringing the entire world closer to Him. Wink! Wink! Read all about having a closer walk with God on our family’s website:

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“MOM, I WANT TO GO TO THAT CHURCH EVERY DAY!!!”

That was surprisingly from my son, Joshie, last night. Let me tell ya, God works in mysterious ways! I purchased a basketball rim one Sunday for my daughter, Ember, and her friend that loved playing. I insisted, “Ember, find one and purchase it today!” But to be honest with you, they may have played it less than five times. Fast forward a few months, the boys came from Nigeria, and they love it. Fast forward again to some more months, my friends’ son, Sammy, came over, and they all started playing together.

Next, I invited Sammy to come to work with the boys on Saturday, but he couldn’t attend because he had planned to attend a church youth group event. I said to his mom, “Please, I want my boys to go with him!” Yesterday, I was in charge of the pickup and drop-off, just unceasingly thanking God for this beautiful friendship the boys have developed with Sammy, who has such a kind, respectful, polite, and Godly character. He loves the church and just a few minutes at the door watching them all there, my boys love it too!

Wealth is the company you keep! I feel like the most blessed person in the world right now for all the people who love and support me, especially when I have my downtime. I joked with my sister, Kelly, this week that God had her retire from her job just so she could be there for me and to listen to all my silliness. Thanks, Boogie!

Then I sent my brother, Kevin, some pictures of my gorgeous life that he taught me to enjoy and stop stressing the unimportant. Today, I asked my daughter, Julie, if she would give me the honor of spending the day with me. Every moment has been priceless. The other evening my other daughter, Ember, and my sons, Joshie and Emmie, spent time at the mall together, and again, I savored every moment. My mom called me yesterday thinking I was unhappy, and I explained that her daughter has NOTHING to be unhappy about. I may have my sad little moments (that’s a part of the human experience!), but when I look at the BIG picture from God’s perspective, I’m God’s spoilt girl here! (HUGE SMILE)

So, let’s learn to cherish the people in our lives. No relationship is perfect! I loved a conversation with my hubs today about my God wink. I wrote yesterday about someone asking me if I wasn’t afraid that a Nigerian lady might steal him from me, and I confidently responded that I know I have the best husband, and my husband knows that he has the best wife. Fast forward to this morning just randomly reading an old post that I posted, this showed up about a time the crazy husband showed up on me on a Sunday morning:

“When my husband got back home, I gave him a big hug and told him that HE KNOWS HE HAS THE BEST WIFE, AND I KNOW I HAVE THE BEST HUSBAND.” Wink! Wink!

Believe it or not, there was no way that this was an ordinary coincidence that I picked this post of the thousands of posts I’ve written, to randomly reread today. It was God confirming that His Presence is with our family and that I do have the best husband, y’all! Wink! Wink! We ain’t perfect, but we’re pretty close!

I loved the ending of that post:
Moral:

1. No one is perfect! We all have demons and angels within each of us. Let’s be quick to forgive and forget, overlooking the faults of others, going the extra mile in love, gentleness, and patience, all for the glory of God, ESPECIALLY IN OUR HOMES!

2. We have God with us in the challenging and happy moments! Seek His perspective in every decision, every relationship, and every circumstance. So help us, God! (HUGE SMILE)

Make God your top priority!!! Make sure you are having alone times with Him seeing what He has to say to you! He is intimately involved in our lives!

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