The Lady, Her Lover, and Her Lord

After a few years of holding on to a book that was given to me, merely thumbing through it or glossing over particular sections over the years; I decided to finally sit and read entirely T.D Jakes' The Lady, Her Lover, and Her Lord.
As with any book I currently read, with the exception of a few (I plan to catch up), I tend to either give a review or jot down and essentially blog key points, tags, questions I pose, or drop golden nuggets of information I deem invaluable!
Here are a few lines I pulled from the book to share:

Part One: The Lady
There is nothing worse than giving the right thing to the wrong person

A positive self-image is necessary in order to procure a healthy relationship with others

The thing you want MOST is the thing that you must give!

The antidote is made from the venom

A good wife is a diamond, a treasure that must be mined. Anything else is just a rhinestone

Words are a powerful tool for evil. Beware!

Any womanizer will tell you you his hook is in his conversation.

The enemy is at work when anyone uses words to deceive you, mislead you, or cause you pain.

Behind every great man is a woman

It takes a woman to help a man meet his goals


Part Two: Her Lover
Friendship makes a marriage worth fighting for. Sex lasts mere minutes, a few hours at best, but friendship is for a lifetime!

What makes a lover wonderful is when he can kiss the body and reach down deeper to kiss the soul

In marriage, a man and wife are partners, lovers, friends. It is a bond so powerful, so special, that it is meant to last forever

Encouragement yields results

Resolve conflict but don't abuse each other with words


It is dangerous to refuse to forgive a truly repentant person. You might later have to reap the ridigity of your own judgement.

Pray to God for the strength to forgive him and the patience to teach him.

We enrich the one we love, but we do it by spending ourselves in them

It is far easier for a man to give his money, his body, his advice, but when he gives his heart; he is terrified

It is not her size that makes him vulnerable it is her importance to him

What a man doesn't realize is that a woman's love is a shelter, protection from the wind.

Love is not a monologue it is a dialogue

Make sure the room in your life is well lit and easy to see

A man doesn't have to fear virtuous woman. No reason for him to be guarded. Her intentions are clearly seen. She has a commitment to assisting him, completing him, renewing him. He has to value her

A weary soldier never wants to come home to a fight. He has fought his way to you


Part Three: Her Lord
Run as fast as you can, walk if you must, in fact crawl if necessary to get to the Word of God

Caution! God is at work.

Maximize opportunities so you do not marry out of financial need

A successful man is attracted to a woman of worth and not women of weight

God blesses what you think, but he praises what you do

Eros love is no replacement for Godly love

Of course, and with great certainty, there are other lines in the book that are useful, enlightening, and/or comforting. For a greater value or understanding of the lines I've pulled I'll more than likely spend some time individually blogging each one! Those further intrigued -get the book and read it for yourself!

XOXO,