Notes from Nicki
Personal notes on life, growth, lessons learned, and the moments in between from my heart to yours.
Latest Notes
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Everybody Doesn’t Know the Whole Me
Read Note: Everybody Doesn’t Know the Whole MeSomething crossed my mind recently: different people know different versions of me. Some know the responsible me. Some know the church me. Some know the silly me who will laugh until I can barely breathe. Others know the me who gets things done, handles what needs to be handled, and keeps moving. But very few…
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When God Feels Quiet
Read Note: When God Feels QuietThere are seasons when God feels incredibly close. Prayer comes easily. Worship feels different. You read something in Scripture, and it feels like the words were waiting specifically for you. And then there are other seasons. You still believe. You still love God. You haven’t walked away. But somehow, everything feels quieter. I’ve learned that…
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Learning to be present
Read Note: Learning to be presentLife has a way of making us focus on what’s next. The next goal.The next opportunity.The next prayer we’re waiting to see answered. For a long time, I lived that way. I was always looking ahead, believing that happiness would finally arrive when I reached the next milestone. I thought peace was waiting somewhere in…
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The Beauty of Becoming
Read Note: The Beauty of BecomingI’ve been thinking about something this week. We celebrate arrival, but we rarely celebrate becoming. We cheer when someone reaches a milestone, publishes a book, gets a promotion, starts a ministry, or walks through the open door. What we don’t often see are the quiet days that came before it. The ordinary days. The stretching…
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