There is always faith when it comes to relationships and trust. We shouldn’t give confidence to anyone, not even ourselves, but we must have faith that something good must come out of whatever we are doing at all times.
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I could remember when I got married, my husband did not have enough. He was the type who believed it would happen one day. I also believed in his principles. We managed to feed. I stayed in my parents' house, hoping and having faith that it would be better one day. After one month, I had to join him, and we started struggling together just to make ends meet. I got pregnant, and at eight months, I traveled to my parent's house just to stay until I delivered, finally, just because of the condition I was in. A month later, my husband had sensed that I was going to deliver. He traveled to visit me. That night, I gave birth to my baby girl. There was no money to feed, but somehow, we kept trusting the almighty that money would surface one way or the other. Meanwhile, my husband was working in a private school as a schoolteacher. He was being paid a stipend, but he was the type who loved to manage whatever he had.
“Please, honey, just have faith that something great will happen in the next moment." My husband just loves saying this word. He was putting straight in me the habit of believing and having faith that it would be better someday. At some point, I wanted to lose hope, but he kept pushing forward with that same logo: “Let's have faith." I stayed with my parents for two months before going back to meet up with him. I kept having faith, believing that one day it would be better. When my daughter was five months old, we were not having enough to feed with. My husband decided to meet his best friend to assist him with a little money. He was not ready to go, but I pushed him to. When he got to his house, it was shocking to hear what his friend had told him. “Go home; I will call you when the person owes me money this evening." This statement was somehow good to hear, but the aftermath was hell. When it was evening, my husband, who had been expecting his calls, called him. He said, “I don’t like giving money to someone I know." My husband related what he had said to me, and I told my husband categorically that henceforth, he must not ask for anything from him. My husband respected my order, as he also had it in mind never to collect anything from him again.
It was hard, but somehow we had to manage just to take care of my daughter. She was better later just because of the strong faith we had in unison. We started pushing forward until one day, our faith started showing up. My husband had to bring up the idea of having his Joint Admission and Matriculation Board coaching center (JAMB). No finance is needed to start with. He liaises with his colleagues at work just to support him in terms of teaching. He started the classes, and behold, after a month, things started getting better. Our stories began to change for good. Two months later, money started flowing in, and my husband arranged for some amount of money from his coaching center. He also borrowed part from his boss just to set me up. After a month, I became a shop owner.
Supposing it was some women, they would have run away from their men, but I had to stay just because of the faith and hope I had. When you have faith and keep the faith steady, it will surely come to reality. This was what I had done, and it was a success. Up to this moment, my husband had never for once run to his best friend for money. Life is just too sweet.
What a great story @abigail04, they had faith and stood together trusting each other. I am glad and congratulate you. I too went through tough times in my marriage but we were able to overcome them and what happens helps us to be stronger.
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Wow, what a beautiful story you have got, really impressive how you guys have stayed strong and tackled the storming phase of life. That friend was rude, like how can we break expectations like this, we ask from people with lots of hope that he will help and having such response is really disheartening.
Well, glad to hear about the better days, best of luck.