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Christian Post Report – The Braxton sisters from Left: Toni, Towanda, Traci, Tamar, Trina and mother, Evelyn, star in “Braxton Family Values” on Thursdays.
Tamar Braxton, the Christian singer and one of the five sisters who star in WE tv’s “Braxton Family Values,” is leaning on Bishop T.D. Jakes to help her overcome the issues within her family.
Tamar, 38, will open up to Jakes, the senior pastor of The Potter’s House in Dallas, Texas, in the episode called “Divine Intervention” after getting into another heated argument with her sisters. In a one-on-one meeting with Jakes, Tamar tells him that she believes 85 to 90 percent of the issues with her sisters are career related.
“It’s very difficult, because I’m alone. I don’t have the support from my siblings and I really want that,” Tamar tells Jakes on the show. ” It’s just very difficult to feel ostracized and to feel when wonderful things happen you can’t share it with your family.”
Jakes gives Tamar a piece of advice about enjoying her career, regardless of the praise or criticism she receives.
“Since you’ve waited all your life to have this moment, isn’t important that you enjoy that moment without the nagging gnawing inner voice of criticism that says ‘this moment is someone tainted because somebody I love didn’t clap for me,'”Jakes questions the singer. “You cannot deny yourself of what you have worked hard to get and how God has blessed you, especially if you’re sure in your heart that you’ve been fair.”
When Tamar, her mother, Evelyn, and sisters, Toni, Towanda, Traci and Trina gather for a group session with Jakes, she opens up about feeling that she completely lost her family.
“I miss you all terribly and I love you all. More than anything,” an emotional Tamar tells her sisters. “..I have my dreams and all of my aspirations, but if somebody told me the price for all of that was to give up my family I would have said ‘that’s ok.'”
However, it seems her sisters may have a hard time accepting her emotional speech. Exclusive clips of Tamar speaking to her sisters and Bishop Jakes can be found below. “Braxton Family Values” airs at 9 p.m. ET Thursdays on WE tv.
Tamar has been vocal about her faith in the past, and previously opened up about her belief in God keeping her balanced when speaking to Flaunt magazine.
“Both of my parents at one time were pastors of their own churches and I learned a lot from that but not until I was an adult did I understand it and know for myself,” Tamar told Flaunt Magazine. “That’s what changed things for me. That’s where accepting myself comes in. There’s no way I can fake the funk. If you do it, how long can you do it for?”
Source : Christian Post