Book Review, by Ms. Latina Renee
Chapter three helps us to remember to clean out our cars. The Bishop refers to Beyonce to describe junk in your trunk in addittion to a friend who had all types of un-sightly items stored away in the back of his car that looks something like this. The book questions readers, "Can you relate to this?". And my answer, No!
I usually follow a good habit of getting rid of food wrappers at the gas station each time I stop for gas to prevent any pile ups. Not to mention the good ole routine of taking my trash with me upon exiting the car.
But the real lesson that can be taken from this passage is to look beyond what you see. As Judge Mablean Ephriam says, "Look deep before you leap". Sure, we should connect this to what Jesus said about the Pharisees on page 49 of Before You Do for diligence. However, we can always take time to clean our own house.
Some of the same principles of cleaning out your car or house can be applied to the way we handle emotional and psycological baggage we need not to carry. That way there's a fresh air of freedom from past issues when entering new relationships or a new marriage.
Chaper |
Title |
Page |
| intro | Before You Decide | 1 |
| one | Before You Take the First Step | 13 |
| two | Before You Blame - Accept Responsibility | 31 |
| three | Before You Leave Junk in Your Trunk - Clean Up | 47 |
| four | Before You Lead - Decide on Your Team | 63 |
| five | Before You Join | 83 |
| six | Before You Decide to Love | 95 |
| seven | Before You Place Your Love Order | 109 |
| eight | Before You Commit - Research | 121 |
| nine | Before You Commit - Development | 135 |
| ten | Before You Get Engaged | 145 |
| eleven | Before You Marry | 163 |
| twelve | Before You Decide to Take a Risk for Marriage | 179 |
| thirteen | Before You Buy A House | 191 |
| fourteen | Before You Have Children | 205 |
| fifthteen | Before You Divorce | 221 |
| sixteen | Before You Settle for Less | 239 |
| seventeen | Before You Fight | 251 |
| eighteen | Before You Take Flight | 271 |
| nineteen | Before You Gamble | 285 |
| conclusion | Now You've Done It | 295 |
