A Modern Woman's Guide to Maintaining a Relationship: Loving Yourself While Valuing Your Man!: Book 2

By Dr. Stacy L. M. McDonald

A Modern Woman's Guide to Maintaining a Relationship: Loving Yourself While Valuing Your Man!

Love is patient, love is kind. Love does not envy, is not boastful, is not conceited, does not act improperly, is not selfish, is not provoked, and does not keep a record of wrongs. Love finds no joy in unrighteousness but rejoices in the truth. It bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things. (1 Corinthians 13:4-7)

Love or falling in love is not coincidental. Love involves an inner core reflection of God's love woven through friendship, which is foundational to a budding love that can last an eternity. You have to take action to embrace, develop, and build a lasting, loving relationship. There are no moments in life that are not meant to be. We must take each moment and learn from it. Do not be a victim, but empower yourself through God, and make the most of each moment. Sometimes, a new beginning is saying "No!" to old habitual relationship standards with men, and saying "Yes!" to respecting yourself, getting to know who you are, and what makes you happy in life to start a better, healthier relationship.

Being a good Christian is not equivalent to doing good deeds; more so, it follows God's laws, makes a foundational plan, and follows through practicing that plan to achieve the best relationship built from friendship. Listen to your heart, gut instincts, and hear God's nudging message within you. Your morale, motivation, efforts or actions, and intention wrap your love into a particular package. It is your responsibility to guide your relationship and trust God too. God whispers in our hearts and soul all the time.

This book enables you to grow in God's plan for you and navigate practical issues in a relationship choice. From your authentic self, you are setting healthy boundaries, relieving things or situations that do not work such as stress, codependency, and choosing to know your body, building trust toward a commitment, and treasuring one another, rising in love.

Value yourself so that you can invest and value your man! Celebrate every little moment!

• Language: English
• Publisher: Christian Faith Publishing, Inc.
• Release date: Mar 9, 2022
• ISBN: 9781685172336

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A Modern Woman's Guide to Maintaining a Relationship

Loving Yourself While Valuing Your Man!: Book 2

Dr. Stacy L. M. McDonald

Copyright © 2022 by Dr. Stacy L. M. McDonald

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Table of Contents

What is Love?

Your Authentic Self

You are Important!

A Love Story—Heartache and Dissolving a Relationship… A Sinking Ship

Have Your Own Friends

Setting Healthy Boundaries

Unhealthy Boundaries

Abusive Behaviors with Few Boundaries

Find Your Interests and Develop Your Goals

Visiting Family

Infatuation versus Real Love

Healthy Relationships are Free from Codependency

Love and Stress

Erogenous Body Zones

How to Help Strengthen Your Relationship with a Man

The Art of Treating Your Man Like a Hero

Trust, Commitment, and Vulnerability

Rise in Love—Don’t Fall in Love

Map Out Plans Together That Have Nothing to Do with Each Other

Find Other Relationship Role Models

Celebrate the Little Things!

Prayer for You and Your Relationship

Prayer for Your Partner

Prayer for You Both as a Couple

Prayer for a Loving, Lasting, Positive, Healthy Relationship

Never lose yourself in a relationship. Love your partner fiercely, but always follow your unique dreams and desires. Be true to yourself.—Unknown

Love is patient, love is kind. Love does not envy, is not boastful, is not conceited, does not act improperly, is not selfish, is not provoked, and does not keep a record of wrongs. Love finds no joy in unrighteousness but rejoices in the truth. It bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things. (1 Corinthians 13:4–7)

Dr. Stacy L. M. McDonald

Acknowledgments

All information in this book have no real basis for people in real life. Names, characters, businesses, places, locales, and incidents are either the products of the author’s imagination or used in a fictitious manner. Storytelling is the highest form of passing on valuable information from one generation to the next. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, or actual events is purely coincidental. This book is not about feminism, how to be a Christian, nor a definitive guide on relationships. Rather, this book is informational and eye-opening, and I hope you will take what speaks to you through the Word of God and receive the message that was intended for you.

I dedicate this book to my mother, father, and stepdad. These three wonderful parents taught me more than I ever realized about relationships. To my loving father who was full of life, walked with God, had the humor of the best comedian, and always showed me unconditional love. To Mother and Harold (stepdad), who created a long-lasting, loving marriage of fifty-two years. I shall remember their love for one another with great fondness. Theirs was a second marriage but a God-given relationship that brought them much happiness and love. I thank Ms. Jean for facilitating the first edit. I am thankful for Annabelle Ciccarelli’s friendship and support! At the heart of all the love is my father’s love that he unconditionally shared with me.*

This book is written to empower women with their own God-given spirit relating to their healthy relationship with their partner. This book opens the possibility of being used in a woman’s study group if one sees it for their purposes. Anyone using this book must get permission to copy any portion of this book.

My sincerest hope is that this book is a guide for you to develop a healthy relationship, and may it lead each woman into self-introspection, so they can experience the joy of a healthy relationship. The information in this book is not an end-all or a final answer to any circumstance or situation. This book is a guide to help you, the reader, find your self-love, share it with others, and remain true to yourself.

Enjoy your journey!

Dr. Stacy L. M. McDonald

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Book Collection:

Book 1—A Christian Woman’s Approach to Modern Dating

Book 2—A Modern Woman’s Guide to Maintaining a Relationship: Loving Yourself While Valuing Your Man!

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* A big thank you to John Denney for blessing my writing and inspiring me to remember a woman does not keep a man but loves her man as she.

What is Love?

Love or falling in love is not coincidental. Love involves a combination of an inner core reflection of God’s love woven through friendship, which is foundational to a budding love that can last an eternity. Romans 13:8 says, "Owe no