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There are a number of topics that come to mind when speaking a bout Man’s ideas verses that of God’s …Lifestyle, Love, Wealth, … and whatever else may come to mind. Through it all, God’s way will tender the more favorable results.

This morning I asked myself a question: Why is it that…

How An Eagle Chooses Her Mate

Tell ‘em. Someone needs to hear this.

My dad, like any concerned father, ask a series of questions to determine if a guy gets his approval. Sadly, most guys don’t make it past #2. Surely, I know the correct answers to the test, but sharing them doesn’t make the test any easier for a guy to pass. Here is a preview of the questions:

1. What kind of car does he drive?
2. What does he do for a living?
3. How much money does he make?
4. How old is he?
5. Will he pay your student loans?

The list goes on of course to determine the guy’s character, but who can get past the financial requirement?

Two sisters…one man. Rachel, with her beauty, captures the heart of Jacob. But having the privilege of love, Rachel has to w,ait for her ”happily ever after.” Leah, Jacob’s first wife, is deemed good enough to bear children, but not good enough to love. In time, God favors these women with honor. Rachel conceives 2 sons. Although Leah never gains the love of her husband, God exalts her through her son Judah, selecting him for the lineage of Jesus.

To the barren and to the unloved:

God has not forgotten you.

So Valentine’s Day is a religious observance of a Christian martyr named Valentine…I’ll celebrate that.

My Grandma used to call and wake me up everyday in college.

”Good morning. It’s 5 o’clock; time to get up.”

”Thanks, Grandma…I’m awake.”

”Have a good day.”

”Thanks, you too.”

”I love you.”

”I love you too, Grandma.”

”Alright, goodbye now.”

”Goodbye.”

Everyday, the conversation was the same. I’ll never forget it. I didn’t really need a wake up call but it was her way of showing she loved me.

She called to wake a lot of us up and still calls about 3 people. But her calls aren’t as pleasant. She struggles to tell the time so a 5 o’clock wake up call means getting a call at 11pm, 2am and 5am. Each time she reads her message exactly as it’s written on her slip of paper: ” Carol needs a call at 5 o’clock.”

I stayed up and watched her make her calls one night. She told me she always had trouble waking Carol. When she made her call it was about midnight and Carol needed to be awake at 7am. Carol told her it wasn’t time for her to wake up and hung up the phone. Grandma just shook her head and called back in 20 minutes and read the message on her paper. This time, Carol said thanks. After she hung up, my Grandma had the greatest feeling of accomplishment. ”She’s finally getting up,” she told me.

At 2am, she struggled dialing the number so I volunteered to make the call for her (since it was a call to my house.) ”You know you need to wake up at 5,” I said.

Love is crazy self sacrifice…like paying for my loc extensions which I take out after a week because I changed my mind…then paying for a style I actually like which lasts for 2 weeks. It’s a cycle of giving, losing and gaining. It never ends. You’ll never give or gain enough to sustain you for a long time. You will need constant refills.

It’s another Sunday morning and before getting out of bed, I have another astounding revelation about God and His love.

I used to sing a song with my college choir entitled, ”I’m Saved.” I loved the song but most of the time, singing it made me feel like a liar. I didn’t feel like I was saved in college.

The problem was I mistook salvation for a feeling instead of an acknowledgment of truth. I also thought of saved people and being ”the untouchables” instead of ”the deliverables.”

Christ died for us while we were yet sinners. He saved us when we didn’t believe and didn’t follow. And God even protected me in my disobedience.

So I’m saved. I’ve been saved. Now I acknowledge that truth and have eternal life. God is love. And if that isn’t love, what is? Nothing.

The best thing to do is apologize, repent and thank God for being so loving.

I gave mommy part 1 of her gift yesterday. Part two is coming today.

Yes He is. I just finished witnessing to someone searching for the truth. Answering all of the questions really made me think about how God is always available and just waiting for us to believe and accept His love.

Let’s remember His perfection. It was his perfection that qualified Him to be only possible sacrifice for us. A repentant sinner on the cross didn’t save a soul, but a blameless servant sent from God saved the world.

1. You would never want to leave His presence
2. You wouldn’t want to anger Him or cause Him grief
3. You’d want to give Him everything
4. You’d keep Him on your mind
5. You wouldn’t put Him on hold
6. You wouldn’t think 3 times a year or once a week is enough time to spend with Him
7. You would try to better yourself to feel deserving of His love
8. You would be anxious just to see His face
9. You wouldn’t be afraid to submit
10. You would believe He knows what He’s doing
11. You would accept and acknowledge His love for you.

I fell in love with Africa. Nollywood, puff puff, moi moi, Pastor Chris, Daystar, Lagos, Igbo, Twa, Pidgin, ankara, ghana braids, nairaland, whats up africa, congolese, South Sudan, Nigeria, Togo…the list goes on. Now I don’t like bushmeat, but I still love Africa.

(via shes-in-here)