THE PERFECT ADVICE FROM MY TEN-YEAR-OLD SON, JOSHIE
My spiritual guy blew me away when I asked him for some direction yesterday. I had told him about what President Trump’s doctor had responded when asked about the timeline of him testing positive for coronavirus. He said something like, he was not going backward to discuss the past, but he was moving forward. Can you believe my little son remembered that and when I asked him what he thought I should do about a situation, he said, “Mom, do what Trump (meaning his doctor) said, “Leave the past in the past and move forward!” Thanks, my sweetie! Your mom will definitely take your advice!
Especially after watching the Vice-Presidential debate from Nigeria at 2 am with my daughter, Julie, watching it in the US. My husband came down and joined us later into it. We ended up calling Julie together, and I was reminded that I’m to keep my eyes on the prize – God’s plan for my family. I MUST ignore the distractions that want to pop up and take me off my groove. Like someone correctly advised me, sometimes you must say, “Forget you and the horse you rode in on!!!” To get anywhere in this life we must become PROFESSIONAL IGNORERS, (kindly and respectfully, of course), otherwise we waste time fighting useless and unnecessary battles. My eyes are on the prize, baby!
I’m leaving the past in the past, my Joshie, and I’m moving forward confidently with my hope in God, while learning some extremely important lessons for us all. These showed up last night in an appointment with Him:
“Above all, love each other deeply, because love covers over a multitude of sins.” – 1 Peter 4:8
“Do you love me enough that I may be weak with you? Everyone loves strength, but do you love me for my weakness? That is the real test.” – Alain de Botton
And when we love deeply, trust me, our reward is with God. I loved what God also had to say through my meditation book, He and I:
“Don’t you know that I give far more than you expect. Haven’t you noticed this spiritually, materially?”
Yes! God, Yes! And why I’m soooo sticking with You doing whatever is pleasing to You in every moment because you give me FAR more than I could even ask or think – protection, health, wisdom, guidance and LOVE!!! God, I’m on your team for LIFE, LOVING DEEPLY and covering LOTS of offenses, all for Your honor and glory! Amen!
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ENJOY YOUR LIFE
That’s the reminder for all of us today. I type this as I sit in a beautiful lounge in London’s airport remembering a great friend, Lucky, who is now with God. But to be honest with you, we were the Lucky ones who got to know him on a personal level.
Lives of great men all remind us, we can make our lives sublime, and, departing, leave behind us, footprints on the sands of time.
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
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One message I want us to take from his life was his constant conversations with God. And he did some extraordinary things based on paying attention to his gut/instincts/spirit. His conversations were with God as to what to do, what to say and where to go. He was incredibly wise, generous, loving, and kind on an out of this world level. That’s where I want us, going to God in the 1,000 decisions we make every day asking what He would have us to do and then listening for His cues, nudges and direction. It’s like living life with one foot on earth and one foot in heaven being continually guided and directed by God to a successful life.
And that success could mean something different for everyone. Jay Shetty blew me away when he talked about being a billionaire, not in terms of money but in terms of the number of people who he would like to positively impact during his life. Sounds like success to me! What’s your definition of success? May Lucky inspire us all to enjoy life fully following God’s will and direction in every moment. May our conversations take place in heaven asking God for His will to be done in our lives. Lucky, we miss you!!!
“Our citizenship is in heaven.” – Philippians 3:20
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I WILL JOYFULLY CARRY MY CROSSES FOR GOD
That’s been the message of my last two YouTube videos that I didn’t get to write about recently. I’m feeling like God’s little superhero and anything that I can do to please Him, I’m with Jesus saying, ‘Not my will God, let Your will be done in my life.’ When I’m weak, God’s strength comes lovingly through. “I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me.” Amen!
God EXCEEDS my expectations in every aspect of my life, and it’s my honor to live my life pleasing to Him. The last few days have just been Him and me, with Him constantly revealing glimpes of His Presence with me, and I’ve been asking myself:
“Can there be anything more wonderful than going through life with God as your Companion? …No greater happiness than to be in a continual reunion with the Diety (God).” – Yes, Father
I’ve made God my life Partner, and I want you to do the same. Know that He is with you in every quarter of a second, guiding you with His love and wisdom. His invisible Presence is always with us. I loved an appointment with Him yesterday:
“Hide all your ugliness in My heart. It’s a hospital, you know, and doesn’t one sometimes come out of a hospital cured? Trust in Me with all your heart since I am your great friend. You remember the keynote for the year, ‘Hope in Me.’ My help never comes to an end, and I never cease to watch over you. I am infinite and I am love. So lose yourself in Me, trusting Me to guide you. Be the little blind child who skips joyously because he is holding someone’s hand. Oh learn to be joyous since you are Mine and open your heart to everything you lack. You don’t ask. Above all, don’t be afraid of wearying or annoying Me. What could you lack when you live in His friendship?” – He and I
EVEN MY WORST DAYS BECOME MY BEST DAYS WITH GOD!!!
Heehaw!!! Let me tell ya, don’t play around with your relationship with Him! I’m going for GOLD in every aspect of my life with God as my intimate GUIDE and PARTNER to the BLESSED life, baby. Like I was blown down the other day when there were some hurtful remarks thrown my way, and I’ve been asking God, ‘What are the lessons here?’ And He answered me.
First, it was a run with Nike Running Club featuring the “Bowerman Babes Club” and Coach Bennet. They are a group of Olympians who talked about how they not only work on their strengths but also their weaknesses together. They said the best way to get better is to not run from our weaknesses, but embrace them, work on them, and improve. And that was the reality check I needed. Nikki, you can’t be getting all tossed to and fro by every little negative comment that comes your way or what anyone else is saying!!! STAND STRONG!!! What are words to get you so upset and crazy! If you can improve, improve, but if there is nothing, become a PROFESSIONAL ignorer.
Next, it was Plies the rapper on Instagram. He said that in life, you must have TUNNEL VISION. You must be so focused on the lane that you’re running and not be concerned about what anyone else is saying doing in their lane. Stay focused on what you are doing and ignore the rest! These comments were just a pure distraction to get me off my groove. Let anyone say what they want, God is my Defender! Keep doing you, Nik!
Then, I felt God was saying I needed to relisten to the entire Rich Roll and David Goggins interview. Both of these gentlemen have been such tremendous assets to me. The most important message from Goggins was that I needed to work on was my MINDSET. The other day I wrote this, and this is the MINDSET I want to have for the rest of my life:
“As of yesterday, August 24, 2020, I want to give my life COMPLETELY to God. To wrap myself in His love (no other love necessary!) and go through every moment of my life, KNOWING I’m completely loved, approved of, and accepted my God. To be His girl totally, following His leading in every moment of my life as to what He would have me to do – complete surrender! To be the mother, wife, and person, He would have me to be. Not trying to get love from others, but just showing up as my most loving self, sharing God’s love with everyone. Like my brother, Kevin, taught me, I want to SHINE BRIGHT. Like if you’re not rolling with God, you’re missing out on the best life! I want everything about me to REFLECT Him:
“Whether therefore ye eat, or drink, or whatsoever ye do, do all to the glory of God.”
I just wanna be His, glorifying and enjoying Him! That means continually keeping my focus on God as I walk through life wrapped up in His arms, sucking up all His love and attention!”
This is the wink from God this morning rereading this verse I shared yesterday:
“Peace I leave with you; my peace I give you. I do not give to you as the world gives. Do not let your hearts be troubled and do not be afraid.” – John 14:27
That’s exactly what I’m finding from God, He doesn’t give like the world. His love, faithfulness, peace, acceptance, approval, joy, strength, wisdom, happiness, closeness, direction, and favor are so far beyond what we can get from anyone or anything in this world. I love these posts that I found one day in an appointment with God:
“Happiness never came from the dependency upon people; happiness comes from dependency upon Allah/God alone.” – Tumblr.com via believeroftheunseen
“Don’t love people so much; don’t rely on people so much. It is deception, don’t love it, don’t love anything here. Allah (God) has made connections in this world like mother, father, husband, wife or friend to test you. Don’t put too much heart in this matter. – Shaykh Mohammad Akram Nadwi
YOU MUST KEEP EVERYONE IN THEIR PROPER PERSPECTIVE!!! Don’t put too much heart into them. Hold them in their proper place – they are ordinary humans just like you with their own struggles, demons, and challenges. GOD MUST BE OUR NUMBER ONE FOCUS AND PRIORITY – FIRST PLACE IN OUR LIVES. Then, with His love backing us up, we can then love others from His heart, His way, and with His strength. When others hurt, reject, disappoint us, or the world gets to be too much for us, we can immediately shake off the negative emotions (including worry and discouragement), hand them over to God, and focus on God’s love that never runs out. The real us, His children, can never be rejected. And those who hope in Him will not be disappointed! No matter how many times we fall and fail, His love is continuous and unfailing. We can trust His faithfulness.
In fact, these constant falls that I’ve been complaining about, have been so good for me. I’ve fallen directly into the arms of God. Now my life has become, He and I. 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, I know who I roll with on the daily: GOD.
And He finds the sweetest ways to let me know He is with me. Like this crazy God nerd here took another picture of my neighbor’s license plate a few days ago because of the word “HUG” that’s special to God and me. I made it my screen saver today, though, on my phone. So, after asking God what page of werollwithgod.com I should go to hear from Him, I got a feeling to go to page 24, and unbelievably, a very ugly picture of myself is there holding up my phone with this very screen saver from the picture of it I took five months ago. It was God’s way of saying, ‘Nik, HUG! I have My arms all around you!’ And around you too! MAKE GOD FIRST PLACE IN YOUR LIFE!
“When you go through deep waters, I will be with you.” – Isaiah 43:2
