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Trial Begins For Man Accused of Raping Women Met Through Christian Mingle & Match.com

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There are many quests in life…the quest for happiness, the quest for the right job, the quest for meaning, the quest for God, the quest for the right mate and on and on…Today, I want to illuminate a bit about a quest for the right mate. From the time I admitted to myself and to God that I really wanted to be married to the actual time I said, “I do” was about 10 years! Yes, I was on this quest for roughly a decade…Still, it was all worth it in spite of the time and heartache I went through…

I’m not ashamed to admit that I used many methods to meet nice men. One of my methods was online dating. Despite its nearly SAT of an introductory questionnaire, I tried eHarmony. I had many conversations with several men, but I only went out on dates with two of the men. One of the men was a nice attorney who actually lived in the same county where I lived…How coincidental is that? While we didn’t have chemistry based on our first date, we ended up being friends…The second gentleman I went out with struck me as “touched.” He had changed his name much like Prince changed his name to a symbol and one of his aspirations was to open a franchise of churches…His words not mine…We met a restaurant here in town. I drove there in my car and he drove in his car. He had some issue with his car. A rental car or something…The details are hazy now…Anywho, after we had dinner, he invited me to go to another location, some kind of game place. He suggested I leave my car and ride with him…As they say, mama didn’t raise no fool…I didn’t get in the car with him and there wasn’t a second date…

Anywho, my point in sharing this snippet from my dating adventures is to share that dating online is a great way to meet people you may not encountered in your everyday life for whatever reason, but you have to be cautious…

I don’t know if Sean Patrick Banks is guilty of raping two women he met on Christian Mingle and match.com, but I hope this story encourages people to be cautious in their quest in meet a mate whether on or offline…

Any thoughts?

P.S. Just because a man claims to be a Christian does not mean he is not “special,” “touched”…you know what I mean…use your smarts before you give away your heart…

 

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A Sudanese Woman Awaits Appeal of Death Sentence for Her Christian Faith…

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What are we willing to sacrifice for our faith? As I know that mostly Americans read my blog, I would imagine that most of you, most of us, very rarely if at all, consider true sacrifice as a part of our faith unless it’s Easter. By true sacrifice, I mean giving up something that is very costly, such our lives even, because we profess to be Christians…

However, in other countries that don’t ensure religious freedom, Christians must live in the tension of having faith in God while knowing they may be forced to give up their very lives because of their faith…

Such is the case for 27-year-old Mariam Yehya Ibrahim, a Sudanese woman who has been sentenced to death for refusing to reject her faith in Jesus Christ. According to a CNN article, Ibrahim has been in jail since January 17 and was convicted of apostasy on May 15. Complicating matters, Ibrahim was pregnant when she was jailed and gave birth to her second child, a girl, last month. In addition, her nearly two-year-old son is in jail with her. Her husband, Daniel Wani, who is Christian and an American citizen, told CNN, her case is now being considered by a Sudanese appeals court.

Although Ibrahim’s father was a Muslim, she was raised as a Christian by her mother, an Ethiopian Orthodox Christian, after the father abandoned their family when she was 6 six years old. Apparently, her Muslim relatives are the ones that turned Ibrahim into authorities.

In addition to waiting on the decision of the Sudanese appellate court, Wani is also seeking assistance from U.S. Sens. Jeanne Shaheen and Kelly Ayotte from New Hampshire, his home state.

As American Christians, we need to be, at the very least, praying for for Mariam Yehya Ibrahim and Daniel Wani. And as we pray, we should also consider what are we willing to sacrifice for our faith?

As the saying goes, Jesus is not willing to bear the cross alone…If you don’t believe me, read John 15:20-21…Remember how I told you that servants are not greater than their master. So if people mistreat me, they will mistreat you. If they do what I say, they will do what you say. People will do to you exactly what they did to me. They will do it because you belong to me, and they don’t know the one who sent me.

And there are many stories in the Bible and beyond that demonstrate that some of us may have to pay for our faith with our lives…

I’m not a “gloom and doom” Christian by any means, but we have to know that having sincere faith in Jesus Christ will cost us something…

So I ask this question again: What are we willing to sacrifice for our faith?

Below is a video detailing some of this couple’s story…

Any thoughts?

 

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For the Sake of Love – NEW BOOK ALERT!!!

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Although the first day of summer isn’t until Saturday, June 21, the first day of summer in my world was Sunday, the 1st of June! When I was growing up, one of my favorite activities of the summer was diving into a plethora of books that I wasn’t supposed to have time to read during the school year. Of course, I always participated in my summer reading contest sponsored by my local library…Memories…Although I am an adult, I still view summer as the perfect time to read anything and everything that captures my attention…Below is one book to add to your summer reading list…Presenting For the Sake of Love (Urban Books) by Dwan Abrams…

Spade Spencer’s life seems to be coming together. He’s engaged to be married to the love of his life, Bria Murray, and he’s an up and coming rapper who recently signed a major record deal. When Spade gets diagnosed with a rare form of cancer, rather than lean on his fiancée for strength, he calls off the wedding, leaving Bria feeling alone and rejected. 
 
In an effort to move on with her life, Bria pours her energy into running her new company, The Spa Factory. Kerryngton Kruse, CEO of the record label that signed Spade, begins to pursue Bria romantically. Bria finally allows herself to develop feelings for Kerryngton, only to discover that Spade has different plans. 

Caught in the middle of a love triangle, Bria must make the difficult decision between love and money. Does she follow her heart and marry the one she can’t live without, or does she marry for security, in hopes that love will eventually follow? 

For the Sake of Love is now available wherever books are sold in print and electronic formats.

About the Author DwanAbrams

Dwan Abrams is the best-selling author of several fiction books such as Divorcing the Devil, My Mother’s Child (the sequel to Divorcing the Devil), Married Strangers (Book 1 in the Married Series), and When the Fairytale Ends (Book 2 in the Married Series). Her novel “Divorcing the Devil” peaked at No. 1 on the Black Expressions Christian Fiction Best Sellers List and has consistently ranked in the Black Expressions Top 25 Fiction Best Sellers List.

Visit the author online at dwanabrams.com.

Any thoughts?