There have been a lot of titles used to describeSarah D. Jakes, during her lifetime and during the launch of her first book, a memoir, Lost and Found: Finding Hope in the Detours of Life. Almost all of them go something like this: Preachers’ daughter; T.D. Jakes’s daughter; prodigal daughter; pastor’s daughter; teen mother; divorcee; spoiled; or privileged.
But the reality is this: Sarah D. Jakes is very much a trailblazing young woman on the move, with a powerful identity all her own. She may be T.D. Jakes’s daughter, but she is so much more than just that. If I were to describe her in a few words, I would say this: “Sarah is her mother’s daughter. She is kind. She has an infectious personality. She is brave. She is a truth teller. And she wins you with her smile the moment you meet her.”
Sarah’s beloved mother Lady Serita Jakes is someone we all admire. I have had the pleasure of interviewing and getting to know Lady Jakes twice in my career as a journalist and columnist. But meeting 25-year-old Sarah caused me to see the entire Jakes family in a different light—beyond the cameras, “mega church” status, movies, and magazine covers. I see a family that is just like yours and mine—parents who have worked hard, struggled through hard times, made a success of their lives, and love their kids. I see kids who were raised right, but who rebelled nevertheless. They get lost and find their way home. I see in Bishop and Lady Jakes two parents who like the father in the famous “prodigal son” story in the Bible, ran out to meet their daughter when she came home filthy from living amongst the pig pens of life.
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source: Joy105.com
