If you read my post yesterday, you will know what I’m about to write.
Well, did my oldest son trick me yesterday? No, he didn’t.
After 3pm, I was in a very tense and heightened mode that I was scared how I was going to react if something real happened to my son. But that didn’t deter me from being very, very suspicious of him. Continue reading Behind the Victory of April Fool’s Day
I don’t know how your early morning started but mine was a bit dramatic and somehow a frustrating one and I will tell you why.
So, I was running around to make it to our kids’ school before the door closes. And when I went downstairs and I heard some cheering and laughter. While I was setting up my tea, I realized that today is April Fool’s Day.
I mean, I heard them saying it and who would believe me if I said “they tricked me anyways”? Yes, they did, and not once, not twice but three times. Continue reading April Fool’s Day
This is one of the questions married people should not ask. “Is this the right person?” is a legitimate question for unmarried couples to ask before they tie the knot.
But, after marriage, that question is irrelevant. Asking God such a question after marriage is like asking God if He was sure of creating us. Did you hear me? Yes, after marriage, after a couple exchanges their vows and becomes one in sexual intimacy, the deal is closed. They are meant to be together until death do them part. The file is closed. We can’t bring the jury back to court again to reach to another verdict for the case that is closed.
I know this is not the world view when it comes to marriage but we are not of this world, are we? (John 15:19) Continue reading “Is this the person God wanted me to marry?”
Wow, March 27, 1997 was the day the man I love (Berhan) and I exchanged our vows, before a judge, to be one till death do us part.
I was thinking of our anniversary throughout the week but for some reason I forgot about it this morning. I dropped off our kids to school and on my way back home, my favorite song came in the radio and I remembered that beautiful Thursday morning, March 27, 1997. I got home and I said to the man I always love, “Hey, happy anniversary” and I started crying. Berhan gave me my favorite squishy hug saying “happy anniversary, my Love”. I continued crying. I know I was crying out of joy but I had a reason too. Continue reading March 27, 2014, 17 Years of Our Wedding Anniversary!
A Follow up update on the Match Making Service
I want to make something clear to those of you who are asking me about how the A4P match making service works.
First, this service is not only to those who are virgins. Phew! That is out of the way! The requirement doesn’t include that.
And some of you are asking me question like, “What if I don’t like the man I meet through A4P?” This question itself tells me that you didn’t understand what I’m set out to do. Continue reading A Follow up update on the Match Making Service
How can I go to bed without sharing this with you guys!!!! I can’t!!!
You see, I remember the first day I went to the Pentecostal church. My best friend invited me and I had a dinner appointment with my boyfriend (who is my husband now). And my friend begged me to go with her. I said to her, “Okay, I
don’t think my clothes are appropriate for your church. What if they say – “We don’t allow her to come
in with a mini-skirt?” She laughed hysterically and said, “Nobody will say that to you. Just come with me.”
So, I went with her. The church was packed with people and everybody was singing. The usher couldn’t find us two seats. So we had to sit at separate seats (I guess that was God’s plan because with my constant joke, I might not listen, lol). I took my seat but since everybody was standing and singing, I stood up.
Then something happened to me. That is the only way
I can express it. Something told me that the thing I found in that church was the thing I was looking for. And before I knew it, my tears found their way on my cheeks and directly went to my neck. No tissue paper was good enough to take care of them. I was very embarrassed. With mini-skirt, high shoes, God knows how my hair style was and with a fashionable purse and large ear-rings in the middle of people who were closing their eyes and worshiping God. Mind you! I cried like
a baby. The more I tried to control myself, the more my tears were gashing out of my eyes.
By this time, people next to me started to pitch in their tissue papers.
The fact that my friend was sitting far away from me kind of gave me confidence to cry as much as I wanted to but nothing seemed to be enough.
Wow, and guess what, similar thing after how many years, my gosh, happened to me few hours ago
Do you know what I happened to me? Well, I watched “God’s not Dead” movie which came out yesterday in all movie theaters.
My hubby is in the middle of programming something and he is literally sleeping and eating with his laptop. The kids and I wanted to give him free time. So we went out to watch a movie. First, we wanted to watch “Noah”; then we said; “The Son of God” but for some reason the trailer didn’t attract me; especially the Son of God. Well, the actor who is playing Jesus, kissed Lazarus to raise him from the dead (I don’t know if I made a mistake or something). So, I’m like, no, I don’t want them to take away that precious story from my heart, a story where Jesus called Lazarus out of the tomb. So, I said, “Let’s forget everything and let’s go and watch God’s not Dead” and we agreed and went in.
Little did we know that the Holy Spirit was waiting for us in the Movie Theater!!! Guys, I’m telling you, that was my experience. Ten minutes into the movie, I wanted to cry but didn’t want to cry. I held my tears back for a long time so that my little one wouldn’t worry about his poor mama. But I couldn’t hold it any longer. The love of Christ, I felt like went deep into my bones. I cried. I started worshiping God. Some people started clapping. I clapped with them but I thought that was not enough. I cried.
I made a vow with Christ. Yes, I did and I will keep it till I die, may the LORD help me!!! I cried and prayed!!! I was praying to my kids so that they would be “UNDONE” by the love Christ. I was crying and laughing at the same time. Oh, I said to God, “I love You, LORD” but that was not enough. When the movie ended, I didn’t know that three of my kids were also drenched with the Spirit. My daughter and I started wiping our eyes. My boys were checking each other’s eyes to see who was the man!!!
We got in the car and felt like we were heading to heaven.
Oh, how I wish I could tell you exactly how I felt!!!! But I can’t!!!
You know what I am looking forward to? Not only heaven but to go to heaven and use the heavenly words to express the love of God in full measure!!! I crave that! To say something about Christ and feel satisfied.
No word can express Him or His love!!!!
Why am I telling you this? To say this: “MAKE SURE YOU WATCH THIS MOVIE!!!!” God’s Not Dead!!!
Please guys, let’s watch every movie made for the cause of Christ. Let’s support these courageous movie makers who risk it all!!!
Wow, the message was simple but goes deep!!!! Powerful!!! It saves more lives than we ever think.
Okay, I better go now.
Have a good night,
In Him, Missy.
Do you want to change your life? Are you tired of struggling with porn addiction, masturbation, fornication or adultery?
Change your thinking pattern.
Ask yourself what these things mean to you. Understand why God says “No” to these things. Single out and dissect each one of them through the Word of God.
See them through the eyes of God’s Words; Words such as:
“Whoever dwells in the shelter of the Most High will rest in the shadow of the Almighty.” Psalms 91:1
“The LORD is my shepherd, I lack nothing.” Psalm 23:1
“The lions may grow weak and hungry, but those who seek the LORD lack no good thing.” Psalm 34:10
Then put your reality next to them. If you lack good things, peace, joy and rest, you will know for sure that the Almighty God is not in the detail of your life. Yes, you’ve received Jesus Christ as your personal Savior but did you receive Him as the Shepherd and Captain of your ship; Captain of your daily life?
As they say, “the devil is in the detail”. You may trust Jesus for your eternal life but maybe you didn’t trust Him for the daily or detail of your life. And guess what, Jesus wants to be the LORD of your daily as well as eternal life!
You see, sometimes we get focused on our problems and struggles so much that we lose sight of the main thing. We focus on the forest and try to solve the problem of the forest while we neglect the health of each tree.
What is taking your money? How do you spend each hour of your day? What is your tongue excited to talk about? Who are the
people you are hanging out with? What does your leisure time look like? What is your heart after? What do you tend to dwell on? What are you craving for? When you are alone and nobody is looking, what do you do or how do you choose to spend those moments on? Do you point your fingers on others or do you own up your problems? Do you tend to pick up the stone on people for doing the exact thing you’re doing in the dark or do you fall at the feet of God and others and say “save me from myself”?
You see, the details of our life tell the real story. The details sum up our life and give us the answer why we are the way we are. Remember, the health of each tree determines the look and health of the forest. Don’t forget that! ///
If our thinking patters don’t change, our destructive lifestyles don’t change either.
As our thinking patterns don’t get formed in a day, they don’t get changed in a day. It is a process to change them up to the point of changing our lifestyles. Continue reading Thinking Pattern
“Match Making Ministry”, the phrase of the week!!!
Okay, guys, let’s rock and roll with the idea of match making ministry.
If you are single, live in America or Canada, want to get married and want to try the matching service of A4P, inbox me your basic demographic information:
Name, gender, age (very important), religion, place of residency (full mailing address), phone number, education, language, hobby, any awards or accomplishments, income (very important), name of your church, in what ministry you are serving God in your church (unless you are in the ministry for the last six months, it is not important to mention it, but your membership should be more than six month) and the name of the pastor you are under (very important).
And if you have Facebook account, your Facebook account should be on your real or original or official name. I won’t consider any applicant with the FB name such as “I am the child of God”. Not accepted! Your official name is very, very important. Your Facebook account should have at least a six month history with your pictures. If your friends wrote a comment and used a different nick name, please include that nick name in parenthesis next to your official name, (for example: Meskerem T. Kifetew (Missy)).
If you are reading this via email and don’t have Facebook account, make sure include all the information I mentioned above and make sure
you write your official name with your nick name and your mailing address. If you have account of any other social networking sites than Facebook such as linkedIn, Instagram, oovoo or twitter, or any, let me know and the name of your account should be on your official name. Your account must have at least a minimum of six month history. Otherwise it is not important to mention it).
If you are married and want to be involved in this ministry in areas such screening and interviewing, inbox me.
For the next two and half hours, I will be on Facebook. If you have question or something, inbox me. I will respond back to each one of you but not as quickly as you may want to. My inbox is getting a little crowded now. So, bear with me. But know this: I will respond back to you as soon as I can.
Take care,
In Him, Missy.
Satan doesn’t care if we pray and read the Bible as long as we keep our lives to ourselves!!!
As long as we close our hearts so that others won’t come in to our lives, Satan doesn’t bother us.
Satan will be our best friend when we do life alone. He doesn’t bother us, at all. And we start to think that we are okay people, better than others. We love our selfish life so much that we won’t let it go for the whole world.
Yes, we love Christ and come to church every Sunday but when the question of opening our hearts to others come up, we are on our way.
But that is where the secret of Christianity is hidden; in opening up our hearts to others. Yes, when we seek the help of others, we find the power of God.
Oh, Beloved, shake the gate of hell by opening up your life for others. Annoy Satan by disclosing your secrets to others. Destroy his hiding place by letting go of your secret lives by inviting others to come and pray with you!!!
As Satan starts leaving you alone, your lifestyle will start calling others to the life of Christ-likeness. Yes, your life starts impacting others in one way or the other.
Precious, if your life is the one given over to Christ, you can’t keep it to yourself. It has to be given over for others. Christ wants to give your life to others so that others will see the light through you. But Christ can’t do that if you have life that is hidden away from others. He can’t do that if you keep your secret life to yourself. He can’t do that if you harbor sin in your life and you continue pretending as if you were alive. Until you settle this with yourself and start opening up, you will remain to be Satan favorite friend. ///
