I Almost Ruined My Marriage: My True Life Story

by Eno Jerry

At some point in my life, I prayed to God, believing that one day, I would be swept off my feet by my prince charming. I remember praying at a young age to be married to a man that loves God and has the fear of God in him. I knew what I wanted, or at best, I thought I knew what I wanted. Most times, we wish and pray for things without understanding that our wishes aren’t as simple as they seem and may probably have their implications. To pray for a prince charming, you need to be a princess beauty. The prince charming also has expectations of his bride and you need to fit that mould. Without knowing it, I carried a lot of baggage into my marriage. This load of baggage was capable of ruining my marriage. Wait a minute, did I say capable of ruining my marriage? Scratch that. This load of baggage almost ruined my marriage. In Proverbs 14: 1, the Bible says, “a wise woman builds her home but a foolish woman tears it down with her hands”. Did you notice what the Bible says in that Scripture? The foolish woman does not need any kind of help pulling down her home. She can do it all by herself. Her own actions or inaction are enough to completely ruin her home. At some point in my life, I was this foolish woman. I know this probably sounds shocking but ‘foolish’ was what I was at that time. Sadly, there abound many foolish women who have destroyed their marriages and homes. Some others are in the process of destroying their marriages. Some marriages are being endured rather than enjoyed. Some married people are struggling to put the pieces of their homes together while some feel that it can’t be put back together again. It is unfortunate that some women are completely at a loss of what to do to save their ailing marriages. Some others who know what to do to save their homes allow pride stop them from doing it. My journey in the early years of marriage was quite painful and enduring. Nothing I knew seemed to make sense anymore. All the seemingly harmless habits I got away with in the course of my life as a single became a challenge in marriage. When you marry a near-perfect man like I did, your flaws become so glaring. The sad truth is that before I got married, I never considered these habits as flaws. Have you ever found yourself saying things “This is how I have always been and people accepted and liked me”? Have you also found yourself saying to your spouse, “Hey, you met me like this; why is this now a big deal”? Oh, I said this a thousand and one times. I just couldn’t understand how anyone will want me to change. Who I was had taken me so many years to become, so why was I supposed to change just because I got married. Hmmm, that was a difficult one for me to crack. In this book, I will be sharing my journey so far, what I had to learn in the process and who I have become through my experiences.

49 pages, Kindle Edition

Published September 19, 2017

Reviews

[Michelle · Rating 5 out of 5]

Simply Amazing

This book is educational, funny and extremely raw. Pastor Eno really displays the honest truth that every woman ( especially new generation women) should understand. Our world today has led us woman to believe so much in equality and being independent that we have lost the fundamentals of how a woman supposed to behave in marriage/relationship.

This book was truly a blessing to me as a modern female, who has been called too strong or too independent in the past. So many great tips and life lessons established here. Highly recommended.!Thank you woman of God for being brave enough to share your raw truth and the amazing success story thereafter.

God bless you!

[Tobi · Rating 5 out of 5]

What I needed

The book is simple and straight to the point. I love the lessons at the end of each chapter with the supporting scripture.

I read he hook at the right time, just what I needed for my present season.
Thank you Ma

[Olaniyan Olusola · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is what i need right now.

[Sophia Iyalla · Rating 4 out of 5]

Rated it

[Nse]

Just want I needed,thank you Goodreads.

[Sarah Alaku · Rating 5 out of 5]

I really loved this book, and I'm glad I read it at this early stage of my life.

[Moriamo A. Onabanjo · Rating 5 out of 5]

Great Advice

Wonderful advice with an openess that is quite refreshing. Thank you ma'am for opening your life to help others navigate their way into marriage