Every day I run to the end of those 47 trees God had lined up for me in celebration of my 47th birthday, and I give that last tree a high five and say, ‘GOD, WE’RE TOGETHER. WE’RE TOGETHER. WE’RE TOGETHER.’
Like yesterday, that meant parking somewhere before getting to work and having an appointment with Him. Again, no shame in my game!!! I was feeling hurt, disappointed, and frustrated, and God loves me so much because I felt Him saying to me in my spirit to read the very last day in my own book, and it was the perfect message:
“Can you imagine getting to a place where you do not feel anger, insulted, offended, or annoyed by anyone for what you believe is unfair treatment by them and having such feelings only against yourself? Wow, what a wonderful life that would be, but is that even possible humanly speaking?!?”
Well, God is truly trying to get me there, and I want to challenge you to get there with me. We’re to love others, stop judging them. Everyone is on their own path with God.
We must be professional ignorers, otherwise, we will go through our lives always offended, insulted, and frustrated. When others disappoint us, we have to shake off the hurts and disappointments immediately and keep walking humbly with God, extending grace (pardoning without punishment), forgiving endlessly, becoming better instead of bitter and loving extravagantly.” – Keep Calm, You’re Rolling With God
Not easy, but the way I’m looking at my life is that I’m on this beautiful life adventure with God. Down to a quarter of a second, He is with me. I can spend those quarter seconds enjoying Him or frustrated by other people. I pick door number one: Enjoying God. I can, therefore, hand over all the disappointments to Him, with my eyes fixed on all the roses in my life. Like getting an email from my daughter, Julie’s teacher this morning saying what a pleasure it is having her in her class. I replied, “It’s a pleasure having her as a daughter!” God has exceeded my expectations in every aspect of my life. It’s just for me to focus on the roses and not the thorns and sticking with this other message from God:
“Remind yourself that alone you are nothing. Can you acquire this beautiful habit of always being with Me? TOGETHER ALWAYS (Wink! Wink!)… Invite Me often to be present in your life, as though you gave Me a ticket for a concert. And keep Me a place of honor in the front row, as if you were concerned that I miss nothing of the spectacle, this spectacle of your daily acts, all lived for Me.” – He and I
God, it’s my honor having You in my life. May all my actions be pleasing to You. Amen.
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“YOU KNOW YOU THE BADDEST, BABY” (REPOST)
That was what I felt was my reminder from God on our Sunday run together. My phone glitched and suddenly started playing this Future song featuring Nicki Minaj, ‘You da Baddest. I thought I might have come across arrogantly when I did one of my videos afterward, saying I’m the baddest, but that’s God’s calling for us all. Urban dictionary defines Baddest as:
“Supreme in status or standing. The very best at something. The Ultimate Champion or Warrior. Ultimate Title or Crown. The Highest Honor. The Greatest.”
I don’t know about you, but I’m going for the gold medal, not silver, in every aspect of my life – the champion momma, warrior wife, and the greatest blogger and vlogger, and God’s fav girl. (HeeHaw!) – so that when I die, God will say to me, “Well done, my good and faithful servant.” Amen! Heaven is our audience, and God is our Boss!
Running with my mom’s advice has paid off: “If you’re a street cleaner, be the best street cleaner possible.” When I got my first job, I took such pride in presenting my supervisors with my best work. Shortly after that, my boss in the Bahamas came to my desk and said, “Oneka, I don’t want you going to just any university, I want you going to the same university my son went to in New York. How did this happen after my mom told me she had no more money to help me finish my education, and I needed to get a job? That’s God in action, baby! When you do your best, HE is the one to reward you. That experience in New York changed the trajectory of my entire life. I had such an excellent time there, even working at the headquarters of one of the top banks in the world on Wall Street.
And now that’s my advice for you today! BE THE BADDEST. God is our Boss and He doesn’t disappoint. I want us tapping into God’s Divine mind being the people He would have us to be in every moment. Going the extra mile, all for His glory. Are you having your appointments with Him? That’s where we learn His personality and character and what He expects of us when we’re out in the world.
After saying that my motto for this year is to SHINE BRIGHT, a T-shirt I glimpse on a TV show said, SHINE BRIGHTER. I knew this was another message from Him to do my work for Him in the world, reflecting BRIGHTLY His love of each one of us. No judging allowed. We are each on our own journey with Him. God is love, and He that dwelleth in love dwelleth in God. KK?
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“I ALMOST MADE A MISTAKE”
That was me confessing to my husband this morning. I had a moment of fear, and I was about to make a wrong move. But when I thought about it some more, I said to myself, ‘Nik, are you forgetting the God factor? Why do you doubt His help? Has He failed you yet?’ After that reality check, I’m back moving forward CONFIDENTLY with a much bolder, courageous, and braver plan, KNOWING GOD HIMSELF HAS MY BACK. Heehaw!
Do you remember the God factor when you make decisions? In the 1,000 decisions, we make every day, I want us WISELY going to God for His input. He is our invisible Life Partner, who is available 24/7. It is just up to us to remember Him and include Him in our choices.
Even a run yesterday, I asked Him which of the Nike Running Clubs runs I should pick. I listened to those feelings when I read over the options. The very one I was excited about was perfect. Coach Cory explained how the runs were about me training my mind, body, and soul. Every hard effort that I put my body through, I get stronger, wiser, better so that the next time I can handle even more. He explained that every run was a competition between me and myself – “Every stride, every breath, there is a potential for doubt. ‘I don’t think I can do this any longer. I don’t think I can run any faster. I don’t think I can keep up with that person.’ Everyone struggles with those thoughts. You just have to believe you can. It’s not about blocking the negative thoughts, it’s about pushing pass, conquering them. Showing them who’s boss. You are in control of your own thoughts. So that shouldn’t be a problem, right?”
If I’m honest with myself, the biggest problem I have is conquering these negative thoughts. I think about the wrong things!!! They constantly pull me down and get the best of me. But God has been my therapist in helping with this battle going on in my mind. Specifically, I MUST be a very disciplined person. I may be a little extreme with it, but it’s seriously helping me. Especially in the area of food. “The tongue has the power of life and death.” The negative thinking and the food love each other! They party together. But I’ve been learning to control the thoughts by controlling my tongue. By running to God instead of food, it’s working! I look at my life from His Almighty perspective, and the messages are gradually sinking in. I’m training my mind to think about things that are excellent, noble, true, and praiseworthy. Glory be to God!
The things that I’ve been obsessing about, I’ve stopped. I’ve handed the battles over to God. I do my best with what God would have me to do, and I leave the rest with Him. Showing up as the wife, mother, and person, He would have me to be. That’s where I want us. When those negative, evil thoughts come, remind them who is boss and who you’re rolling with – the King of Kings, baby! Conquer them! Nothing is impossible for God! Fear nothing, and no one!
What are your struggles? Pray and talk to God. He loves getting involved in every aspect of our lives. Just how He has helped me. Always nudging me to begin my days of discipline again, knowing that this is how I get to higher and higher levels of joy and peace and closer to Him. Thanks, Boss!!!
“You can’t shine any brighter. I want you to work on being wise.” Wow! Wow! Wow! That statement from my brother, Kevin, blew me away yesterday! And that’s what I want us all working on, by God’s grace, being the WISE mothers, fathers, wives, husbands, sons, daughters, friends, relatives, employers, employees, and people that God Himself would have us to be. Let’s make God proud! He is our Ultimate Boss. He blesses His people with success! Wink! Wink!
‘Not by might nor by power, but by my Spirit,’ says the LORD Almighty.” – Zechariah 4:6
That’s the way to wisdom – tapping into God’s spirit within us. He is available to assist us from His Almighty perspective on a moment by moment basis. That’s how He guides us on the path to the best life with Him. God is an expert in everything! Not only that, He knows the people that we need to meet, He knows the opportunities that we should jump on and the ones we should pass. He knows the solutions to the challenges we face. He can make things happen in the supernatural realm on our behalf with His favor and grace. He can do the impossible!
That’s why it is my honor to share this GREAT news with you! That we are not alone; WE HAVE GOD. Our part is to learn His voice so that we can know what it is He would have us to do, what to say and where to go. I loved an appointment with God with my awesome thirteen-year-old son, Emmie, yesterday, teaching Him to start learning to listen to God when he makes decisions. I said if you think about doing something and you have stress, doubt, and uneasiness, that’s God saying, ‘Don’t do that!’ But if you have peace, joy, excitement, then God is saying, ‘Yes, this is the way to go.’ All day, I want us to pay attention to those feelings as to what wise choice God would have us to make.
Then we MUST spend time with God. I love starting my day reading werollwithgod.com. I randomly pick a page number and see what God has to say to me there. The posts remind me of the person God is calling me to be. Then when I’m out into the world, I do my best to align myself with those teachings. Like the other night, in the heat of an argument with my wonderful hubs, I was reminded by my spirit that I’m to respect and honor the leaders who work hard for me. I kept quiet, calmed down, and I stayed on the high road with God. Phew!
So, amid difficulties and stresses, I want us with our eyes fixed on God, believing His promises over our lives: No weapon formed against us shall prosper! Working on seeking God’s input, strategies, and solutions for moving WISELY forward.
“Trust the Lord with all your heart, and don’t depend on your own understanding. Remember the Lord in all you do, and he will give you success.” – Proverbs 3:5-6 Amen!!!
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“STILL FIGHTING MY DEMONS”
That was my WhatsApp message to my siblings yesterday. To become better, we must address our weaknesses, and I know I have some evil demons within me that are always trying to get the best of me, but I’m fighting them. They go as far as waking me up in the middle of the night, with some awful thoughts about what I should do, and I have to say, ‘No, devil, get away from me!!!’ ALL day long I’m in a war with them, striving to be the Nikki God Himself would have me to be in every moment, glorifying Him. Let me tell ya; THIS IS NOT EASY!!! I still get it wrong, LOTS, and that’s OK, because I get knocked down PLENTY, but I get back up with a renewed commitment to bounce back even STRONGER AND BETTER than ever before. Heehaw!
Yesterday when I felt them telling me to turn into the crazy lady, I instead went running to God for an appointment with Him. This showing up after my conversation with my siblings a few hours prior, was no coincident:
“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 knew this was another direct message from God, reminding me that He is that powerful force helping to fight off the demons. In that awful moment, He gave me the wisdom, courage, and strength to resist the devil, and I’m so much happier for it. So much so that I even responded to an email first thing this morning that I’ve been procrastinating about sending. I’m embarrassed about the way I’ve been lately, but I’m using the humiliations to be better, by God’s grace. I’m thankful to be able to look into myself and see where I can improve.
God went even as far as confirming that this was indeed a message from Him when He drew my attention to a huge truck passing on the highway with the word “TRIUMF” big and boldly printed across it. That was a God wink saying, ‘Nik, you will be victorious in this battle!!!’ Such love I receive from Him that I can respond to the devil’s tricks and schemes from His loving, Almighty perspective, KNOWING HIS LOVE WILL NEVER FAIL ME. I claim that for us all!!! Remember, everything we do is between God and us, not between us and anyone else! Do your best and leave the rest with God! Wink! Wink!
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“SINCE YOU ARE THE GOD EXPERT…”
“I have a question for you. How can I feel closer to God other than through the appointments with Him?” It was the fantastic question from my 16-year-old daughter, Julie!!! Woohoo! The momma/God maniac here is super thrilled that my daughter wants a closer walk with God. I told her about runs every day with God where I hash out issues going on with me, asking for His clarity and direction as to what He would have me to do. I told her how I downloaded some new music to my playlist, and one song made me EXTRA happy, with me singing the lyrics to God:
“Sometimes I wonder, how’d I ever make it through
Through this world without having You
I just wouldn’t have a clue
And sometimes it seems, this world’s closing in on me
And there’s no way of breakin’ free
And then I see You reach for me
Sometimes I wanna give up, I wanna get in
I wanna quit the fight
And then I see You… and everything’s alright
And everything’s alright!
When I see You smile
I can face the world, oh oh
You know I can do anything
When I see You smile
I see a ray of light, oh oh
I see You shining right through the rain
When I see You smile…
At me” – When I See You Smile, Singing Sweet
But most crucially, I told my daughter, was that I want us making our entire lives intertwined with God. That’s where our superpower lies (Wink! Wink!). That every moment we do everything with Him, conducting our lives from a total God perspective with His wisdom, love, and strength:
“Jesus (God), what is your perspective on every moment of my life? Every relationship. Every decision. Every circumstance. And how can I enter into it to glorify you.”
This life gets hard, I know, but if we remember that God is with us in every moment, helping us with our burdens, it becomes much easier. To respond to situations from a “God, what would You have me to do here?” perspective is how He guides and directs us to the path that He has for us.
This morning I needed a more than usual time with Him, and He challenged me to resist ALL evil with an even STRONGER commitment to love, goodness, and faithfulness.” Will you join Julie and me in remembering God in every moment, giving Him thanks no matter the challenges, KNOWING His invisible Presence is ALWAYS with us. With Him, we can do ANYTHING! HeeHaw!
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FORGET YOU GUYS, THESE BLOGS AND VLOGS ARE FOR ME!
My new spot for hearing from God is on our family’s website: werollwithgod.com. And He speaks clearly to me! Like He did in the middle of the night last night! This God wink started when I told my husband right before going to bed that I’m believing in Psalm 91, that God was my protection when he watched the number of coronavirus deaths count on CNN.
Fast forward to the middle of the night, two of my brothers from the Bahamas had called me, waking me up. I ended up reaching one of them, and he apologized that it was an accident. My other brother I tried calling back but he never answered. After all of that, I gave my daughter, Julie, a call in the US, and after hanging up with her, I decided to hear what God had to say to me at 2:46 reading page 46 of our website. Look at what incredibly showed up:
““Those who go to God Most High for safety will be protected by the Almighty. 2 I will say to the Lord, “You are my place of safety and protection. You are my God and I trust you.” 3 God will save you from hidden traps and from deadly diseases. 4 He will cover you with his feathers, and under his wings you can hide. His truth will be your shield and protection. 5 You will not fear any danger by night or an arrow during the day. 6 You will not be afraid of diseases that come in the dark or sickness that strikes at noon.” – Psalm 91
I had quoted the entire Psalm 91, with God sweetly confirming my belief: Yes, Nik, I am your protection. You may call it a coincident, but I know it was another direct communication from God reminding me that His intimate Presence is always with me, even after 2 am when I went seeking His face. His love wipes away all my anxieties, stresses, and failures!
His love is available for you too! I’m just the God maniac who goes looking for Him in the middle of the night to remind me that I’m rolling with the King of Kings no matter the darkness that surrounds me. I’m to keep my eyes fixed on Him in every moment, asking Him what He would have me to say, where to go, and what to do. God is pretty talkative once you have ears to hear Him: My sheep know my voice! They listen, and they follow me! Check out werollwithgod.com and start learning His voice!
