Mystique of Woman

The mystique of woman--
Oh, where has it gone?
Lost in a world of
"Bare all” and “Tell all."
Yet, in puzzlement behold
Woman, prime in her time,
Wholly discovered, cultivated, harvested.
All revealed; all sold, bartered, and traded.
Oh, the loss of mystique!

The loss of womanly appeal its own story tells:
Man constantly wanting;
Woman forever seeking--
A world of classifieds.
Pursuing the unknown yet familiar,
Surrendered in narcissistic wonder,
Their own reflections revered.
Defiant in their deviance
Against naturality.

Mystique of Woman:
Forever lost? Can we reclaim?


* Excerpted from The Voice of One Woman, Xulon Press, 2012.

http://www.amazon.com/voice-one-Woman-Mettabel-Okulaja/dp/1619047977

We walk things out, like The Word says, line upon line, precept upon precept, here a little there a little... The line may at times be as faint as to almost not be visible to the eye, but then again, may be as wide and as thick as a mile long... But in all these things, the code that will identify the final product is generated and through this process, consistency and reproducibility are established...

Being a 'born again Christian' is not a status update!

Who exactly is a 'born-again' Christian?

I have heard of and used the term born-again Christian for many years, and have recently come to realize that it is an amazing misnomer to describe A person who has transitioned from the kingdom of darkness into the kingdom of God…

Whichever one turns it, to say that a person who is a child of God is a born again Christian is (in my opinion) an incorrect statement.

What makes a Christian a Christian, is the fact that he has been born into the kingdom of God, and so if he is dubbed as a Christian who is “Born again” what has he been born again into? Yet another kingdom, or back into the kingdom of the world.

Jesus never used this term “born again” as being descriptive of a status, but rather as the mode of translation into the kingdom of God.

So being born again is the process by which one gets transitioned into the kingdom of God by believing in the Son of God.  Others may now perceive this change and call such a person A Christian by virtue of the fact that they now display Christ-like qualities, and other members of the kingdom may recognize him as a believer… but for a Christian to be born-again, to me it connotes that such a one has transitioned out of the kingdom of God (God forbid!)

The road to eternity is a one-way street called the Word of God, and The Spirit of God powers forward propulsion on it…  

Brazen Or Blessed...

It's so easy to read in retrospect and understand, but I asked myself today: If I had lived in that day and saw a woman anoint, kiss and wipe Jesus' feet with her hair.

What would I have thought?
Would I have thought her brazen?
Or would I have considered her blessed?

Would I have joined her?
Or would I have joined the throng
That condemned her...

Would I have have discerned,
Or would I have disdained?

Would I have walked in the spirit?
Or would I have judged in the flesh...

I wonder... Do you wonder?

Easy to read, but easy to live???
We all need the grace of God
To help us see beyond the 'obvious'
Into the 'glorious'... By His Spirit.

For then, and only then, can we ‘know’ The Father’s heart, and discern His will.

◄ John 12:3 ►
Then Mary took a twelve-ounce jar of expensive perfume made from essence of nard, and she anointed Jesus' feet with it, wiping his feet with her hair. The house was filled with the fragrance.

◄ Galatians 5:16 ►
So I say, walk by the Spirit, and you will not gratify the desires of the flesh.

Principearls - Go Ahead... Bless Him!

The I of you, You of I

Shades of me, Tones of you.
Talk to me, Share my heart.
Sit with me, Hold my hand.
Rock my boat, Roll my beat.

Depth of me, Width of you.
Mine meets yours, Yours melds mine.
Flow and ebb, ripple and splash.
Soul to touch, As spirit to blend.

The I of you, You of I.
Together, forever… As we choose both to be

©AdePero Mettabel, Aug 2011

“Touch not Mine anointed, and do My prophets no harm.”

One of my greatest pet peeves is the fact that there are so many Christians who hear the Word of God By mouth only and not by actual study of The Word (let me add that I am oftentimes peeved at myself... guilty!!!). This practice opens up the Christian to such a world of  such crippling ignorance as to cause fear, extreme handicap, bondage, death, poverty, and lack even in  the midst of plenty.



The Bible says, “My people perish for lack of knowledge”

One  of such scriptures is the oft quoted “Touch not my anointed ones, do my  prophets no harm!”  Many preachers and church watchdogs have quoted the  scripture out of context to mean that no one should speak out against, or correct a minister of God.