Inter religious marriage

"Do not be yoked together with unbelievers. For what do righteousness and wickedness have in common? Or what fellowship can light have with darkness?"

I know I am not married but this is when I should start thinking about it, talking about and looking forward to it. Inter religious marriages is something a lot of young people run away from. Someone actually told me it's stupid for a Christian to marry a Muslim. I think I was angry at that statement. Now the bible says we shouldn't be yoked together with unbelievers and I am not disputing that. But it goes on to say 'what do righteousness and wickedness have in common?'. Did it say Christians are righteous and other religions are wicked?

Now let's look at what righteousness means:
In Gen 6:9 we learn that Noah was a righteous man, blameless among people.
In Pro 10:21 we learn that a righteous man is one whose lips nourish many.
In Ezekiel 18:9 we learn that the righteous follow God's decrees and keep the laws (which in luke 10:27 is "Love the Lord your God with all your heart and all your soul with all your strength and with all your mind and love your neighbor as yourself").

In Luke 10: 25-37, a certain person asked what it would take to inherit the kingdom of God and he answers himself with luke 10:27 above and Jesus goes on to explain that the Samaritan was more righteous than the preacher.

I think claiming a religion and despising others without getting to know their reasoning is just wearing a fake look. Should I have to tell you I'm a Christian before you know? It should be in my attitude. It's sad when people think you aren't a righteous person cause you haven't attended their church or hash tagged 'I'm a Christian on your tweets' or cause you don't put up a deep pm on Sunday or cause you don't believe in shouting when praying to God. I would think just being righteous is enough to show people what you really stand for.

So what's my opinion on inter religious marriage. We have just two kinds of religions, good and bad.
I wouldn't marry a Muslim that doesn't love God and humanity but doesn't mean I would marry a Christian with such traits too. It could be a Buddhist that I see as a believer. So yes I kick against inter religious marriages but I define inter religious as good and bad getting unequally yoked. What do good and bad have in common?

Bible passages: 2 cor 6:14, Luke 10: 25-37

Ant podcast!!!

So my friend Ola started a podcast.  Ant podcast. Basically young people like myself (yes I'm young) talking about life from their beautiful perspective. I like the first podcast cause it goes in line with what my love series was about. Love makes the world go round and I think that's all we need to improve. Once love is in our hearts, everything else would fall into place.

Anyway,

The first ant show was centered on the theme “how youths spend time.”
This episode’s Antish stars:
Ade: The Wild one
Ud: The Humorous one
Ib: The Reserved one
Ola: The Talk-a-thief
Drizzle: the producer

Download

http://www.yourdailynaija.com/ANT%20Episode1-ANT.mp3

Repost from:

http://antpodcast.wordpress.com/2014/02/20/how-youths-spend-their-time/

Water yam cake?

"She’s like a trading ship that sails to faraway places and brings back exotic surprises. She’s up before dawn, preparing breakfast for her family and organizing her day."

"So Abraham hurried into the tent to Sarah. “Quick,” he said, “get three seahs of the finest flour and knead it and bake some bread.”"

"Wisdom has built her house; she has set up it's seven pillars. She has prepared her meat and mixed her wine; she has also set her table"

It's the role of a woman to know how to cook. Well, it's part of the things that add up to being a proverbs 31 woman (Super woman, Wise woman, Mrs. Awesome etc.). So in other words, you gotta know how to cook if you want to be a respected family woman.

Anyway...

Today, I tried something different, It's called Ojojo and I think the English name should pass for water yam cake, since akara goes for bean cake. Yes? No? Anyway, I called it different cause we only have water yam (main ingredient) in my house once a year and that's in the month of February(I really don't know why). Water yam is also used to make Ikokore (no English name abeg) but since I'm not a major fan of Ikokore (ok, grated water yam pottage), I decided to fry Ojojo (grated water yam cake ..lol).

Step 1.
Cut your yam. Water yam looks like the normal yam, just smoother on the outside and you would notice the difference on the inside when cut. Slimy and all

So you slice into small pieces and pill the back like you would do if you want to prepare normal yam.

Step 2:
Grate the yam till you get the size you so desire (I'm not a chef so I cant be precise onto measurement and all that, pardon me)

Step 3: Add your ingredients, in my case, that was maggi, salt, pepper, onions and corned beef.

 

Step 4: Fry!!!

Ok, sorry. Mix till they blend

 

Then fry

 

 Till its brownish gold and voila your water yam cake is ready

Thanks for stopping by. God bless.
As usual, double quotes is for bible passages and they are: Prov 31: 14-15, Gen 18: 6, Prov 9: 1-2 

5 days of love (The finale)

I thought I had the 5th day figured out. Even when I didn't know what to write for the first four days, I had the fifth day written down but things don't always go as planned so I will just write as it comes.
Today is 14th of February and coincidentally or not, I am wearing red shoes. As 'emotional' as I am, I don't think I have ever fancied lovey dovey acts. Actually assumed (past tense) that's why I never really commit. So feb 14 is a day that I think is over celebrated. But it's just my personal opinion. I think its a nice day to ask a girl out, get engaged, get married or even conceive a child (if my English is right). All this school children getting involved, and other little things I won't rant about just seem unnecessary.
Today, I got reminded (cause I need a reminder every now and then) of a greater love. It hit me through a movie 'white house down'. I expected today to go a different way than it's going but just took my mind off the disappointments and thought of the movie which I just saw yesterday and it hit me 'A lot can happen in a day'. This day is gonna count and the ultimate lover is gonna do with me his perfect will and grant me my heart desires.
It's going well already,  one just as to trust in time.
So today is lover's day, do something nice for your Creator by making your life beautiful. Put on some make up, let your smile heal the broken, love your neighbors, love your spouse(s). Yea if they're two, love the other by letting them go. Just be at peace with your Creator and be thankful for life.
P.S - loving doesn't end today and continues next February, it's an habit you should keep up. God loves us all ♡

5 days of love (Day 4)

When it comes to friendship, I'm guilty of not being a very good friend. Would still talk about friendship, I still have some special ones.

"A friend loves at all times".

Friends that are always there for me even when I go AWOL. Friends that I can catch up with even if its been almost a year we saw last.

Having friends is even a benefit to one's self.

"Iron sharpens iron, and one man sharpens another. "

"Two are better than one, because they have a good reward for their toil. For if they fall, one will lift up his fellow. But woe to him who is alone when he falls and has not another to lift him up! Again, if two lie together, they keep warm, but how can one keep warm alone? And though a man might prevail against one who is alone, two will withstand him—a threefold cord is not quickly broken."

Have friends, love and cherish them. Pick your friends carefully

"Do not be deceived: “Bad company ruins good morals.”"

Hate what is evil, resent it but don't hate people, not even people that have tagged you as their enemy.

"But I tell you, love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you"

Bible passages: Prov 17:17a, Prov 27:17, Eccl 4: 9-12, 1 Cor 15:33, Matt 5:44

5 days of love (Day 3)

Is love stressful?
There was this day that my mum worked 'so hard' for dad and she ended up going to my older sister and said 'loving your dad is stressful' And my sister said love had to be stressful cause loving my mum too was stressful. It then got me thinking and I almost agreed but found a better way to put it. Love is work, hard work. And I guess one could be stressed from hardwork or could overlook the stress cause the end would be worth it.

"So Jacob served seven years to get Rachel, but they seemed like only a few days to him because of his love for her"

There was a day I had a document issue, my dad already paid for it and I had to repay cause there was an error. I tried to take my mind off it and think about what made me happy. Well, a boy came to mind and he didn't quite match my happy thoughts and this is someone I like being with. I just thought about how I worry about him when we're not together, how it wasn't just happy moments that I liked about him. And I figured I was doing the same to my parents. Making them worry, probably stress if my mum had to give it a word ..lol. Cause they had to pay the fee again and there was no negative attitude from them towards me. So realizing that people work hard to show you love should help you understand love.

"Be completely humble and gentle; be patient, bearing with one another in love. Make every effort to keep the unity of the spirit through the bond of peace"

Now hardwork could be stressful not painful. When you're working hard to help someone fight an addiction they can't help cause you feel for them, that's selfless, that's love. When you're trying every bit to get someone to like you and you're losing you, feeling pain then it isn't love. And eventually you get the person and you're scared if they get to know the real you they won't send you anymore. That isn't love.

"There is no fear in perfect love. But perfect love drives out fear, because fear has to do with punishment. The one who fears is not made perfect in love."

Do you appreciate it when you feel love from someone?. Then you should love more. Hardwork always pays off therefore love too would. So love unconditionally. In the end, it's always worth it

Bible passages: Gen 29:20, Eph 4: 2-3, 1 John 4:18

5 days of love (Day 2)

"Friends come and friends go, but a true friend sticks by you like family."

'Like family' that means family should be close yea? Today's post is inspired by my family. Today's my dad's birthday (yay! Daddy!!). Daddy is awesome, I love that man. I love my family actually, the setting (yea, feels like a play sometimes ..lol), the diverse characters and the bond between everyone.

Let me talk about them one by one. Daddy, he loves his family and always tries to give the best he can. I can't be sure about the statistics but I know that man could spend 90% of what he earns on family.

"But if anyone does not provide for his relatives, and especially for members of his household, he has denied the faith and is worse than an unbeliever."

Momma, we call her blessed. She has the most gentle heart (I call weak sometimes ..lol). But her heart is gentle and kind and she has brought us up to love and care for others.

"She keeps an eye on everyone in her household,
and keeps them all busy and productive.
Her children respect and bless her;
her husband joins in with words of praise:
“Many women have done wonderful things,
but you’ve outclassed them all!”
Charm can mislead and beauty soon fades.
The woman to be admired and praised
is the woman who lives in the Fear-of-God."

Siblings and I have respected our parents. Even when we 'gossip' about them, it's cause we're going back to them to talk about it not cause we despise them and want to dishonor them.

"Honor your father and your mother, that your days may be long in the land that the Lord your God is giving you."

Our relationship with each other is actually cause we tolerate each other, help each other, listen to each other. We just love each other and we got each others back.

"A friend loves at all time,and a brother is born for adversity"


"Love bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things."

We wouldn't be one without God's principles in our heart. I'm glad loving my family is one thing I have gotten right so far in life and I pray I continue to channel that love into other aspects of life and I pray the same for anybody claiming it too.


P.S: We're always merry :D
"A joyful heart is good medicine,but a crushed spirit dries up the bones"

Bible passages (in double quotes): Pro 18: 24, 1 tim 5:8, Pro 31, Exodus 20:12, Pro 17:17, 1 cor 13:7, Pro 17:22

5 days of love (Day 1)

What is love?

"Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud"

Love is patient. Sometimes, that line makes me think I have never loved. Or I'm only patient with the wrong people. But should I tag anybody as a wrong person?

"It is not rude, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs."

But how do I love when I'm not getting any in return

" But God demonstrates his own love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us."

He loved us first and eventually, we're coming around. But even if the person you love doesn't eventually love back, it's not a waste of emotions cause your Creator knows and has your back any which way. And the wonderful thing about love is that the heart is so big, it can love as many as possible

"Do to others as you would have them do to you. "If you love those who love you, what credit is that to you? Even 'sinners' love those who love them. And if you do good to those who are good to you, what credit is that to you? Even 'sinners' do that. And if you lend to those from whom you expect repayment, what credit is that to you? Even 'sinners' lend to 'sinners,' expecting to be repaid in full. But love your enemies, do good to them, and lend to them without expecting to get anything back. Then your reward will be great, and you will be sons of the Most High, because he is kind to the ungrateful and wicked. Be merciful, just as your Father is merciful"

Loving is actually beautiful. Doing something for someone that can't repay you is one of the best feelings ever. One just has to pray that circumstances don't get to them to the extent that they stop loving. He who doesn't love doesn't know God and God is real. Best believe it. :)

Bible passages: 1 cor 13, Romans 5:8, luke 6:31-36, 1 john 4:8

Intro

So how do I start?
Oh, hi! My name's Morolake. I have put my hands on blogging before but stopped. I won't say I like writing, I just think I like putting down thoughts. Could be useful information to someone one day, who knows?
Anyway, about the name Privileged Mo, it has nothing to do with what this blog's actually about; it's just how I see myself right about now. I mean I've been DafinestMo and my tweets/posts bla bla werent about being the finest. But I really did think I was the finest (jk). Ok I lied I still think I'm the finest ..lol. Oh well, story's getting too long. This is just saying I'm me and would talk about things generally and backing up with the bible. Yea, that's right. I love the bible, it's the most complete book ever and has the best advices ever. Since this is February, gonna start with love and I'm gonna call it the 5days of love. Stay tuned ..lol.