“One of the first things my mother-in-law said to me while we were trying to conceive was, “You came here to marry, not get pregnant. So focus your attention on my son instead of trying to have kids. Isn’t it too soon anyway?” I was stunned. In most stories, it is the mother-in-law who pressures the new wife for a grandchild. So why was my case the opposite? I wondered about this through my struggles to conceive. Later, I found out that the woman did not agree to my marriage to her son. Nobody told me this until after the…
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We began dating three years ago. He was unemployed, but I accepted him as he was. He used to work at a rural bank but lost his job. I held onto hope that he’d find employment eventually, so I agreed to his proposal. I’m a teacher, and though my salary isn’t high, my entrepreneurial nature drives me to seek additional sources of income. This extra income enabled me to support him during his periods of unemployment. When he couldn’t find work here, he went to live with his sick mother. She treated me like her own daughter, and in…..Read Full…
We were lying in bed together, enjoying a happy moment when my boyfriend held my hands and said, “I’m moving to the U.S.A and not returning. Long-distance won’t work for me. Maybe we’ll meet new people.” I went from feeling ecstatic to utterly devastated. I felt like my world had fallen apart. I never imagined our four-year relationship would end this way. I decided to shut myself off from love and anything related to it. Around the same time, a guy I knew kept asking me out despite my disinterest.Eventually, I realized I needed to move on from the pain…
Muslims all over the world are turning towards Jesus Christ in great numbers after experiencing supernatural encounters with Him through dreams and visions. Michael Snyder, in an article for Charisma News, shares the stories of several such Muslims who have found faith in Christ. One such story is of Abu Radwan, a Syrian refugee who, along with his family, fled to Lebanon to escape the war. He was born into a Muslim family, and their decision to convert to Christianity was a difficult one. However, Abu Radwan states that Jesus appeared to him in a dream two years ago, after…
I changed over from Islam to Christianity simply considering the way that Islam gives no attestation of salvation. Since Islam sees that Jesus is ‘the assertion of God’ so God “the Messiah in like manner the legend ( Surah 3 v 45). Since Allah finds in the Qur’an that thoe who follow Jesus Christ (Christians)will be over the individuals who don’t follow Jesus Christ ( Muslims and others) until rebuilding ( surah 3 v 55). Since Qur’an itself sees that Jesus Christ is without terrible conduct (unadulterated) (surah 19 v 19), while the Qur’an approaches Mohammed to demand of God…
I remember getting excited about my wedding and wondering how I would look in my wedding dress. Two weeks before the wedding, I stood in the mirror and asked myself, “You’re really going to do this?” I answered myself, “It’s now or never.” The man I got married to was my friend for three months before we started dating. He supported me when I needed someone—when I was doing my masters. I needed financial help. When I told him, I thought the amount would scare him. He said, “Pass by tomorrow morning and get it.” The next morning, I was…
I was just a girl who didn’t know much about relationships, James, the man I ended up marrying was my second boyfriend. When I said yes to him, I told him all my vulnerabilities. I was only twenty-two and was still looking for a place in the world where I fit. I didn’t have friends. I didn’t have anyone I called a best friend for life. All I needed in people, I got it from my siblings. But James wasn’t like that. He had friends for every occasion. The one he went to weddings with. The one he played football…
I need help urgently because I am losing my mind. I am a married woman and I have been married for thirteen years without a child. My husband and I have been together all these years and regardless of the pressure from his family, friends and colleagues at work, he has remained faithful to me. My husband has also refused to marry another woman against the wishes of the members of his family and friends. Everytime I spoke to him about our childlessness he was always understanding and very supportive. He would always tell me that God’s time was the…
Our marriage is only nine months old. We dated for four years before we finally got married. Within the four years that we dated, he was all about shuperu and more. He wanted it and I had no reason to keep it from him so I gave it to him whenever he wanted it. I won’t say it’s the shuperu that kept us glued together but its contribution can’t overemphasize. We could fight for days and it would the only thing that would bring us together. It was always different after a fight. The way he gives his all and…
Growing up I have often heard people whisper behind successful single women. “She has money but she has never been married. It’s because men are afraid to approach her.” “She is doing well in life but she can’t keep a man. Her success has caused her to forget her place as a woman.” “At this stage in her life, she doesn’t have a child. She must be so lonely.” In the past when I hear these things I don’t think much of them. But now when I hear them I become worried that the same will be said of me. I…