Seeking His face

William McDowell songs are forever on replay on my ipod my favorite been "I give myself away" however lately these two songs basically describe my heart and my prayers.

The first song is "Show me your face."

Zephaniah 2:3 "Seek the LORD, all you humble of the land, you who do what he commands. Seek righteousness, seek humility; perhaps you will be sheltered on the day of the LORD's anger."

Psalms 105:4  "...Seek His face continuously"

The second song is "Closer/Wrap me in your arm" This is my other favorite"

 Psalm 73:28 "But as for me, it is good to be near God. I have made the Sovereign LORD my refuge; I will tell of all your deeds."

I hope you enjoy these songs and have a lovely weekend!

PS: Happy Memorial day weekend...Holidays discount/sales/clearance or whatever the store my call it has a way of creating a whole in wallets so BEWARE! :)

PPS:  I shall be attending graduations today, about 75% of my set are graduating while the remaining 25% of us who choose to study areas like engineering, nursing and premed  are left. I must confess I'm kinda jealous but God's time is the best. On that note congrats to all the Graduating class of 2011 You all did IT!!

xoxo

YSU

Taboo...The "S" word

How y'all doing?


So I've been meaning to write on this topic for a long time but always sorta kinda you know felt reluctant, but today I just had to let it out. In a way I feel like I've been called to reach out to teenagers especially high school age but I keep giving God one excuse or the other, but today it was a no no. Its already 12:55am and the Lord keep saying I won't let you sleep till you write this. Mind you I just finish my exams and moving out of the dorm so I'm more than exhausted, so as God's will here I'm writing this post. For anyone that might be offended by anything I say on here please accept my apologies in advance and know that I have no intent to hurt any feelings.


 Let's talk about sex!...Oh yeah you read that right the "S" word. To me I feel like this topic is a taboo in some cultures and even in the African communities in America where everything in the media is pretty much about sex.


I was moved to post this when I had a mini high school reunion with about six ladies last weekend. I will not necesarily call it a reunion because we all go to the same university but with each of us in totally different field we barely see each other and after almost 4 years it was definitely time to catch up.


After a long week, all I wanted to do was sleep in on Friday but somehow I still managed to go  to the get together. When I got there first thing I saw was the girls had already gone shopping and was ready to get cooking which I was excited for since I love to cook.  We all greated each other and all that since some of us has not seen each other in months . After that one of the ladies let's call her minister came up to me all smiling and bashing her eyelashes,

Minister: So Mz YSU how are you? I miss you
YSU: um I'm good, I've been around since you don't return my call
Minister: Gurl I'm sorry you know how it is....
Minister: So YSU can I ask you a question?
YSU: SHOOT!


Ms. Minister went on smiling, talking softly, bashing eyelashes, saying you know its a personal question and I've never asked you before and I don't know how you will feel about it, yadi yadi yada...10 Minuetes later minister turn to one of the other girl ms ohsocute can you please ask the question for me? Ms. Ohsocute turn to Ms. Honest and said can you ask her for me? At this point Mz Yellow sisi was already  turning all red trying to figure out what this "QUESTION" was that nobody wanted to ask....5 minutes later Ms. Honest still did not ask so Ms. Minister finally let the question out "Are you a virgin?"


Funniest thing was before Minister even finish her question I had already screamed out my yes. It was as if she was asking "what is your name" and because you know it you just scream it out. Anyway It was after I answered that I realize the question she had ask me. Initially I had no facial reaction but after I thought about it, my question was "is that it?, was that the question every body did not want to ask?


Minister: Yeah, cuz we thought it might be very personal
YSU: umm OK


Now to me I did not see what the big deal was about this question, It is something that I'm proud of and definitely do not mind sharing it. Now if you had seen the ladies faces it was as if it was a huge crime and  a big taboo. It sad that because sex sell some girls feel like it's a taboo to be a virgin and others say things like "girl you are so old school" or "girl you are missing out on some good fun" Honestly who cares? If it ain't for the hubby why should it be fun?


Now sex is one topic that mother and I never  talked about in my early teen, all that was said was it was bad for you and boys are bad for you. This is common among many youth and therefore they are left with no other options than to learn from the media, their mates or even experiment on their own.


So is Sex a good thing?
 Personally I'd say sex is a beautiful thing created by God for a man and his wife. Now looking at it from the Bible side, God created all things that were good and therefore sex is a good thing...After His creation, he said unto them be fruitful and multiply. remember a man and his wife not any man and any woman.


Genesis 1: 27-28 – “So God created man in his own image, in the image of God he created him; male and female he created them. God blessed them and said to them, "Be fruitful and increase in number;


Premarital Sex?


I'm not in the position to say what is right or wrong but I must say that the society we live on today have become very relax about sex talk and all that so we are made to believe that it is ok before marriage but the Bible tells us otherwise, It is part of our duty to learn to control ourselves.


1 Thessalonians 4:3-4 – “It is God's will that you should be sanctified: that you should avoid sexual immorality; that each of you should learn to control his own body in a way that is holy and honorable


Also Hebrews 13:4 tells me that marriage should be honored and the marital bed kept pure. Now that implies weather you are single or not that bed belongs to someone and until you are with that someone it should not be defiled. While I was studying sha I found this verse and I kinda sorta like it :) so all the married folks I hope y'all are doing your duties. The verse is


1 Corinthians 7:2-3 – “But since there is so much immorality, each man should have his own wife, and each woman her own husband. The husband should fulfill his marital duty to his wife, and likewise the wife to her husband.”


But it's so tempting!


Off course na its not easy, I can testify to that been twenty-something years and still holding back, there's been times I just want to say "I love him so much" or "Just this one Lord" and I hear "NO!" Now been the human that we are temptation are to come our ways weather we like it or not but however it is the given in that makes it a sin.


I had a perfect bible verse for this part but I've been searching for it in my bible and can't find it so I gave up but the verse goes something along the line of "There is no temptation that is above you, and  God is faithful and will not let you be tempted beyond what you can bear" (I really wish I could find this). My point is hang in there even if you are tempted.


What if I've already done it?


If you have not sin raise up your hand. My point is we have all sin one way or the other and if yours is through sex well it is not too late to be made whole again, God is an ever forgiven God. The moment we acknowledge that we were wrong and ask for forgiveness and the strenght not to do it again He will surely forgive. Now in addition to God forgiving you and I, we must also learn to forgive ourselves no matter how much the devil will try to remind you of it, look him in the face and tell him "I'm a new creation and I'm forgiven" see ACT 13:38 regarding forgiveness.


*exhale* Now that it's all said and done (quiet long huh?), I'm so sleepy and therefore refuse to go back and proof read


Blessings
Mz. YSU

Quit trying to be me

My people how una dey? THIS IS A SCHEDULED POST, I'm still on my final exam week hideout so I will be back by this week hopefully. The post today  is actually by a friend let's call her Curious. I blog anonymously although i doubt if I'm still anonymous but yeah she caught me writing and the only way I could get her not to read my blog was if I agree to let her do a little post even if it's about nothing so here it is.....



Why are people so quick to want what you have? Can't appreciate their own God given talent so they want yours? I think its because they don't see their own potentials also because they are amazed by yours.I see how people react to my actions. As I speak its like they yearn to have the passion that I have. People should just get their own, get up from their bed and just appreciate life; every breathe taken, every experience embraced. To the person that can not acknowledge how great they are its time to quit trying to be me and be you for a change. Only then will people see you for who you are that's if you want to be seen at all.

~Curious~

HE SPOKE!

HE SPOKE! HE FINALLY SPOKE!!

Oh yes he did!....

Six days later and A-Square's cousin finally spoke

God is indeed a great God and He answer prayers...when everything kept crumbling we kept PUSHing and something did happen. Thanks to all my prayer warriors and everyone that joined in prayers along with my last post "Friends that creeps in."

My heart is full of joy and thanksgiving...I was just too excited and had to share it with you wonderful bloggers. Stay bless and have a wonderful weekend!


Cheers!
Mz. YSU

Question Tag :)

While my brain is still too tired to write a post, I had fun reading this at Myne's blog and decided to do one too....Hope to see more bloggers involve in this. So sit back and enjoy!

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1. Do you have any pets

Nope...I've always wanted to own a bird sha.


2. Name 3 things that are physically close to you.

Ipod, cup of blueberry shake, and my phone.


3. What's the weather like right now?

Cloudy, and a bit cold at 73 degrees


4. Do you drive? If so have you crashed?

Yes and I crashed my mom's van last yeah cost over $3000 to fix


5. What time did you wake up this morning?

11.33am, hehe I went to bed at 4am  and had no classes all day today so the only thing to do was sleep, eat and study.


6. When was the last time you showered?

This morning.


7. What was the last movie you saw?

Some Nigerian movie...I watch way too many movies to remember their names


8. What does your last text message say?

"Gospel choir concert on Sunday 6-8pm bring your mom"...(hehe yeah I sing if you don't already know and I'm so excited for my school gospel choir)

9. What's your ringtone?

On vibrate/silence 99.8% of the time...lolz


10. Have you ever been to a different country?

Sadly just 3 but this gotta change asap


11. Do you like sushi?

does cooked fish count as sushi?...I make the best sushi (with cooked fish) thanks to my Brazilian cook he is awesome!


12. Where do you buy your groceries?

Market Basket + African Food Stores.


13. Have you ever taken medication to help you fall asleep faster?

Nope... I sleep like a child at any time, anywhere when i want to
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14. How many siblings do you have?

2 brothers



15. Do you have a desktop computer or a laptop?

Laptop


16. How old will you be turning on your next birthday?

21 again!


17. Do you wear contacts or glasses?

Used to wear glasses, prayed and gave it up with faith a while back so have not worn glasses in 2 years


18. Do you color your hair?

Nope... Mz yellow-sisi is very light and therefore has almost brown/dirty blond hair and momsy still won't let me dye it brown.


19. Tell me something you are planning to do today.

Study, study and pull an alnighter so much school work to do .


20. When was the last time you cried?

Yesterday for A-square's family


21. What is your perfect pizza topping?

Chicken Pepperoni  or Pineapple (try it i promise you will love it)



22. Which do you prefer-hamburgers or cheeseburgers?

Neither!


23. Have you ever had an all-nighter?

I stay up till almost 2am everyday during school semester and up all night before exams sadly i procrastinate too much.

24. What is your eye color?

Brown/Hazel


25. Can you taste the difference between Pepsi and Coke?

Coke is coke, Pepsi has it own aroma so i don't even need to taste it to know

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P.S A-square's cousin is still in the ICU and have not spoken for almost a week so please remember him in your prayers cause I know God is able and he hears prayers of His people.

xoxo
YSU