Quotes from Kimberla Lawson Roby

Believe in God, believe in yourself, believe in whatever it is you are trying to accomplish…believe in that order.

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Matthew 9:22 (NLT): "Jesus turned around, and when he saw her he said, 'Daughter, be encouraged!

When you have sex with someone, you willingly give them a part of your soul that you can never get back. So why not wait for the one

When you have sex with someone, you willingly give them a part of your soul that you can never get back.

was because she still hadn't found her soul mate—if there was such a thing—and the fact that she had just learned three days ago that her so-called significant other, Tim, was sleeping with another woman.

Serena was forty, had never been married, and was lonelier

Serena was forty, had never been married, and was lonelier than she'd ever been in her life.

It was because she still hadn't found her soul mate—if there was such a thing—and the fact that she had just learned three days ago that her so-called significant other, Tim, was sleeping with another woman.

as Serena thought back on their overall relationship, she couldn't deny how obsessive and protective he had been when it came to his smartphone.

Worse, there had been a few times when Serena had traveled to out-of-town speaking engagements, and she hadn't been able to

get in touch with him at all. But then, like clockwork, he would finally call her back the next morning, waking her up and apologizing for dropping off to sleep a lot earlier than usual or for not seeing that she had called him until that very moment.

but this time around, she had tried to be more trusting. She'd told herself that being paranoid, skeptical, and insecure wasn't good, and that maybe Tim really did love her as much as he said he did. She had also decided that he didn't seem like the kind of man who would be unfaithful, not with his regularly talking

about his belief in God and the fact that he seemed to have a huge amount of respect for her and her decision to remain celibate.

So why not wait for the one man who genuinely loves you and who wants to spend the rest of his life with you?

Not to mention the fact that the name of the plumbing, heating, and air-conditioning company he worked for had been stitched on the upper left-hand side of it. His working attire had told Serena everything she'd needed to know, and since she had hired that very company in the past for some of

her own heating issues, she'd known her former classmate wasn't the owner of it.

If she could help it, she would totally forget about her penniless, project-housing upbringing. She would forget about the fact that she and her younger sister, Diane, had sometimes gone to bed starving…as well as about being forced to wear secondhand clothing, all of

which the other children at school had ridiculed Serena about daily. Of course, this latter part hadn't been something Diane could relate to because unlike Serena's deadbeat father, whom Serena still had never met, Diane's father had taken her school shopping at the start of every school year. He'd gifted her with some of the

best clothing money could buy, and then he would give Diane even more clothing at Christmastime. And if that hadn't already been enough, he also made sure to buy Diane a whole new summer wardrobe at the end of every school year.

her unfortunate and unfair childhood, she hadn't. And as much as she hated to admit it, deep down, she still resented her sister for having a much better father than she'd had—a father who had loved and adored her, spent time with her one to two weekends every month, and who had willingly made his child support payments on

but what Serena hadn't been able to deal with was the pathetic way Diane had always bragged about everything. From having the better father to receiving all

the beautiful clothing to all the summer vacations her father took her on annually, Diane had bragged, bragged, and bragged some more, and Serena had never truly gotten over it or forgiven her sister.

So no, Serena couldn't and wouldn't settle for just any man, and if she could help it, she would, with no exceptions, marry the man of her dreams. A man who was well-educated and one who could financially bring to the table as much as she did. In particular, a man like Tim, who was chief financial officer for a large insurance company. And if God answered all Serena's prayers, her future husband would ultimately be able to provide