That was from my son, Siah, a short while ago. He has a mini-vacation break from school, and as I heard him say yesterday, he’s going to savor every moment of it! Seeing him so happy made me happy, and I feel that’s where God wants us all. Making up our minds like Siah to let nothing get us down:
“I am not telling you this because I need anything. I have learned to be satisfied with the things I have and with everything that happens. I know how to live when I am poor, and I know how to live when I have plenty. I HAVE LEARNED THE SECRET OF BEING HAPPY AT ANY TIME IN EVERYTHING THAT HAPPENS, when I have enough to eat and when I go hungry, when I have more than I need and when I do not have enough.” – Philippians 4:11-12
God has been lovingly teaching me this beautiful lesson, THAT I CAN TURN ANY SITUATION INTO HEAVEN! Yeah, baby! Like yesterday, I decided to move a big project I’m working on into my daughter Julie’s bedroom. I told my husband, “I need to connect with Julie’s energy of hard work, focus, and discipline. You know your wife doesn’t like working hard!” Fast forward to me getting settled there to begin working; I read a 50 day of discipline poster Julie constructed and posted on her closet that said, “Wake up at 6:30 daily.” Thirty seconds later, I turn on my computer to start working, and IMMEDIATELY upon opening it, the time was EXACTLY 6:30 (Wink! Wink!) am in the US. Of course, I took this as another one of my God winks where everything lined up EXTREMELY too perfect to be some ordinary coincidence. It was God reminding me that where ever I am, there He is (including my daughter’s bedroom!):
“Where can I go from your Spirit? Where can I flee from your presence? If I go up to the heavens, you are there; if I make my bed in the depths, you are there. If I rise on the wings of the dawn, if I settle on the far side of the sea, even there your hand will guide me, your right hand will hold me fast.” – Psalm 139:8-10
He changes my perspective on everything. From being stressed out about this challenge, He said that I should look at it lightheartedly as something me and Him can handle TOGETHER – have fun with it, Nik! And He has been helping me, nudging me in my spirit the way I should go about it.
Even my computer was so slow because it’s almost completely full, and God even provided me with a new one, already preloaded with everything I need to get my work done. It was my nephew Duro’s old computer that he emptied of all its content before giving it to us that made it super fast for what I need to get done. Then my assistant in Nigeria got it and loaded it with all the programs we needed. When I had the issue with my computer, I asked her for it, and it turns out that my other nephew, Gbenga, had already brought it home, not knowing it was meant to stay at the office. So all of this was God going before me and making sure I have everything I need exactly when I need it. SUCH LOVE HE SHOWS ME!!! God’s spoilt girl here!
I’ve been asking Him if I can take a break from the postings until I got this project over with and look what showed up at 50 minutes past the hour for my appointment with Him today when I went to page 50 of our family’s website, werollwithgod.com:
“Even when I’ve been asking God to give up the posts and videos while I catch myself, He took me to a direct post that said THE WORK FOR HIM WAS TO CONTINUE (Wink! Wink!). ‘No problem, You’re the Boss!!’ But seeing such a specific response to my question made me feel so close to Him.”
TO THE POINT THAT I WANT US DOING EVERYTHING FOR AND WITH GOD. The offenses, challenges, disappointments, frustrations WILL COME!!! But we can present everything to God, get His perspective, SHAKE OFF WHATEVER IS WEIGHING US DOWN AND HOLDING US BACK and keep moving confidently forward, KNOWING HE HAS OUR BACK! LET’S DO GREAT THINGS FOR GOD THIS YEAR! Heehaw!!!
That was my wonderful hubby threatening us the other day! And, boy oh boy, I was furious because he kept repeating it that he would ABANDON us if we didn’t go along with him in a particular decision. But, let me tell ya, God is so involved in the details of my life because that very morning, for my appointment with Him, He reminded me of such crucial values that He has been training me on this year:
▪ Loving everyone for both their strengths and their weaknesses
▪ To focus on what’s excellent, true, noble, and praiseworthy
▪ To be faithful, loyal, dependable, and trustworthy, no matter what anyone else was doing
▪ Forgiveness
▪ To be on chill (not taking anything too seriously)
▪ Patience
▪ Gentleness
▪ Be still and know that I am your God
Right after our fight, I went for a run with God. And like my brother said, these runs are where I get clarity and wisdom from God as to what He would have me to do. There I was venting to God, but the feeling from Him was that He wanted me to be silent and forgive hubs for his tongue that is like a razor at times. I said, ‘Ok, Boss!’ Then, a truck drove by with a license plate with one word on it: HUG. That was a wink from God because that’s our little code word for when I get in my crazy mode. I imagine God is hugging me! That HUG melted away all my frustrations!
“You owe us an apology!” I jokingly said to hubby when I got back. That was my way of making peace, giving him a kiss and a hug and telling him he is still the world’s best husband (he really is!). But God had something He wanted to say to me after hubby kept saying he was going to ABANDON us. This showed up at the end of a blog from a friend Charles who I haven’t heard from in years:
“The Bible says, “God has said, I will never leave you; I will never ABANDON (Wink! Wink!) you.”
This lined up too perfectly to be some ordinary coincidence! It was God again revealing His invisible Presence with me even in the messiest of details. I promise you guys; it has been years since I’ve heard the person sending me that message. All perfectly timed by God to let me know He will never leave or abandon me! With such love from God, I even feel more love and committed to my hubby. Go figure! God increases my capacity to love and forgive, feeling so loved by Him no matter how many times I mess up.
I feel the purpose of life is to learn God’s voice and RIDE with Him on the best life adventure ever! Things won’t always be pretty and perfect, but I do promise a life of peace, love, joy, and strength that will help you go through anything. Will you commit to RIDING WITH GOD? To make Him the center of all your decisions as you journey through life with Him as your Partner and Guide.
“MOMMY, CAN WE HAVE AN APPOINTMENT WITH GOD, PLEASE?”
Wow! That was my son, Siah, around 10 pm last night. He was upset, feeling extremely anxious over some exams he is taking this week. I tried my best to calm him down, saying I have full confidence that he will do well. That he should just do his best and leave the rest with God! It calmed him for a bit, but minutes later, he asked me for that alone time with God, and momma here was happy to oblige.
I had no phone, and his phone was dead, so I said let’s read from my book, KEEP CALM, YOU’RE ROLLING WITH GOD. I taught him a prayer, “God, what do You have to say to my mom and me right now?’ He randomly opened a page and began reading. We were both sweetly surprised when my very words to him minutes prior showed up in this 366-day devotional:
_““Worry about nothing, instead pray about everything.” In this life, there will always be challenges, trouble, frustrations, but we must not get discouraged. _
_“The Lord replied, “My Presence will go with you, and I will give you rest.” Exodus 33:14 _
_In other words, we roll with God, and He’s working behind the scenes of our lives, protecting us, fighting for us, helping us with our challenges, and therefore we can relax and SIMPLY FOCUS ON DOING OUR BEST WITH WHAT HE WOULD HAVE US TO DO AND LEAVE THE REST WITH HIM (Wink! Wink). _
“Not by might nor by power, but by my Spirit,” says the Lord Almighty (Zechariah 4:6).”
Siah and I had a joyous hugging session feeling these words showing up was God revealing His invisible Presence with us. He went to bed happy and woke up this morning excited and ready to tackle those exams.
To be very honest, though, I NEEDED THAT GOD WINK!!! Life is a war, and sometimes it can even get to be highly overwhelming, even for me, the God maniac here. I was able to tell Siah to do his best and leave the rest because that’s exactly what God said to me yesterday when I went running to Him (No shame because sometimes it all is just a little bit too much!!).
This God wink began from the day before when I looked at a coffee mug that I stole from my daughter Julie that says, “Don’t stress. Do your best.” The next morning, in trying to come up with a caption for my blog’s photo for the day, I debated for the longest time on using, ‘Don’t stress. Do your best. And leave the rest with God,’ but decided to go with something else. A few hours later, feeling stressed, I ran to God, and of the over 80 pages on our family’s website, look what I randomly read:
“Don’t stress, do your best and leave the rest with God. Got that? Wink! Wink!)”
This was God’s way of having some fun with me! He knows every thought I think, and this was His loving way of letting me know that He is ALWAYS with me. No way I just randomly found those very words from Julie’s mug that I meditated on that morning and the day before. God is familiar with all our ways, and He knew I needed that reminder! (HUGE SMILE)
Our job is to stay focused on Him in every moment, AGAIN DOING OUR BEST WITH WHAT HE WOULD HAVE US TO DO AND THEN LEAVE THE REST WITH HIM!!! GOT THAT?
WEROLLWITHGOD.COM
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YOUTUBE VIDEO OF THE DAY
WALKING IN GOD’S FAVOR, BABY!!!
https://youtu.be/vUa50XOAsAg
LIVE IN GOD, LIVE IN LOVE
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HEALTH MATTERS
DAY 108 OF 365 DAYS OF DISCIPLINE!
DISCIPLINE IS THE WAY: “Don’t stress, do your best and leave the rest with God. Got that?
PRACTICE! PRACTICE! AND MORE PRACTICE!!! Replace thoughts of worry with, God, I trust You!
