My husband hates to see me pray. He would insult me and call me all sorts of names. He gets so angry and starts a fight when he hears or sees me praying to God, asking for something.
I think it’s important to explain how it started. We have been married for ten years with four children abroad. My husband is well-educated. He holds a PhD, and my highest qualification is SSCE. He is gainfully employed and takes care of the whole family and my siblings in Ghana. He doesn’t drink or smoke, and even though he is nice-looking, he does not cheat. I can bet on that. I, on the other hand, was raised by my aunt. I grew up together with her children and was always made to feel like I was unlucky. So, even though I am married to a man whom most ladies would be fasting and praying for, I still feel unlucky.
One day, my husband caught me crying in the kitchen on his return from work. He consoled me and asked if I was crying for any reason. I told him that I was unlucky. He wondered why I thought I was unlucky. I answered by saying he should look at my cousin Yaa. Look at Yaa’s husband and her children. Yaa is fortunate, but I am not that lucky. Instantly, my husband’s white eyeballs became red. He started shaking all over. He spoke with so much anger. So now you believe an irresponsible, illiterate, drunk and womanizing man such as Yaa’s husband is better than me, right? What will your children feel if they hear what you think of them too? I said nothing.
He said I was ungrateful and didn’t deserve anything that I had. He even said if he had the power to take away my breath, he wouldn’t hesitate to. He made me feel worthless and useless. Since then, he has gotten angry anytime he hears me praying or singing a gospel song. He says I am ungrateful to God and man and don’t deserve to pray to God for help. He would ask me to shut up and insult me from morning till bedtime. I don’t know what to do, and I hate him so much now.
