#THE_PERFECT_WOMAN
EPISODE 13
Three days of a lonely house, three days of quietness, three days of me myself and my God. I remained in the visitors room because I do not want to provoke my husband by moving to our be-droom.
In this three days I decided to call unto God to break every chain holding my husband down. And every strange woman holding him with strange powers should re-lease him by the power in the name of Jesus.
I informed mummy to join me in the three days fast. And she did without coming over to my place. I felt a peace I’ve never felt before at the end of the prayer and I heard God speak to me for the first time. And he said, ”STAND STILL AND KNOW THAT I AM GOD, I WILL REBUKE THE DEVOURER FOR YOUR SAKE”
I jumped up and I began to appreciate God for his love and mercy in my life and for answering all my prayers.
The next day been a Saturday, I was trying to iron the clothes I would wear to church tomorrow. Its been a while since I went to church and now that I wanna go I want to look my best. Then the door bell rang. I got up to open and see who was there.
Lo and behold, it was she, the devil herself!
I began to plead the blood of Jesus over me as she tried to step in. I st©pped her from coming in. She smiled and looked at me.
Me: Marvis what do you want? What are you doing in my home.
Marvis: can I come in?
Me: no you can’t Marvis state your mission and leave. If you c@m£ to look for my husband, (I made sure I stressed the husband to her hearing) yes! That’s right, if you c@m£ to look fot my husband then am sorry he is not home. But of course you should know where he is.
Marvis: Dani I did not come here for your husband, I come here to see you. And not because anyone asked me to but because its what I wanted to do.
Me: why? After housing and taking my husband away you still have the guts to come over my house? For what?. Listen let me tell you Marvis, he is my husband, mine do you hear that mine and no one can take him away from me, you hear that? You can only be his concubine and that’s what you will ever be. But let me tell you that in this that you are doing there is God watching us and in his time he re-lease his judgement. Now leave my house.
Marvis: Dani relax and keep quiet you dont know anything. All you know how to do is rant. Rant that does not carry weight.
Me: Marvis leave my house I’ve heard.
Surprisingly Marvis pushed me from the door and bounced into the house as if she had the house more than myself.
Marvis: abeg leave my way jhoor. Listen let me tell you. If I wanted your husband you won’t be able to st©p me. And nothing you do will st©p me. but I dont want your husband. Yes i did like him before but I’m done with him. I c@m£ here to inform you that I’m not interested in him.
I watched as Marvis moved around my house staring from the ph0to on the wall to the furniture’s and everything.
Me: Marvis what do you want from me? plea-se leave my house I was busy before you c@m£ in.
Marvis: Do you know your problem? Your problem is your pride. You are so filled with pride and that is what will destroy you.
Me: Thank you Marvis, plea-se go.
Marvis: I’ve been watching you from afar. And I have seen how you’ve tried to settle this thing on your own. I’ve also seen how you’ve failed, I’ve seen how your husband, your so called Isaiah do treats you, I have seen how he disrespects you and it sometimes excites me to watch you suffer.
Me: Marvis what did I ever do to you? Why do you hate me so much like this? You are so bent on destroying my husband, my marriage and my happiness, why? What did I ever do to you? Isaiah chose me over you why won’t you just accept it like that? Why?
Marvis looked at me in a very pitiful way that I myself bec@m£ confused.
Marvis: So you really think I am still crazy over your husband. You think I am in love with him. So you didnt un-derstand when I said I was done with him? Let me spill it out in a much clearer way to you. I am done with Isaiah. God works in a very mysterious way you know? When Isaiah chose you I almost lost my mind because I so much believed that he was meant for me. I cried and almost went mad. I thought of so many evil ways to hurt you. But I realized I couldn’t do anything to you because I was not that kind of a person. It was your thought on my head that made me have that accident on my way home from your wedding.
Me: I would have preferred you hurt me Marvis than all you’ve done to me. You stole my husband from me, right from my wedding day, and you kept him with you for days when I was supposed to be on my honey moon. (Starts crying) Marvis that is the most wicked thing you could ever do to any woman.
Marvis: Honestly speaking ehn, I enjoy seeing you suffer and cry like this, you know why? Because you are so stupid. You are very very stupid. You still believe even up till this point that I am the one destroying your home. Then you are even more stupid than I thought.
I didnt un-derstand what she was trying to say so I just stared at her.
Marvis: For months now I have watched you cry and shout my name and honestly I didnt care one bit, so long you were suffering. I was done with you and your husband the minute he put that ring on your stupid f!nger. I cried to God to help me and give me my own man. The thought of you and him made me hit my car on my way home and I know you won’t believe me but I dont know who called your husband from your honey moon. I know he c@m£ that night and I also know he left that same night. What gave me the greatest surprise was when your mom called me asking of him. I immediately knew that your man had not returned home from that night, and so to hurt you I pla-yed along and told your mom he was slee-ping in my house.
Me: What are you trying to say?
Marvis: Am telling you that you’ve been praying amiss and calling the wrong name to God stupid! I have nothing to do with your husband, infact since my accident I haven’t set my eyes on him.
Me: I dont believe you, why are you now coming to tell me now?
Marvis: if you like you believe me or not I dont really care. And I am telling you now because God has heard my cry and given me my own man and He has told me I must let you know the truth in order for me to be happy in my own relationsh!pand that is why I am telling you. You nee-d to pray it right. When you keep attacking God with the wrong prayers, He just sits and watched you. God has given us wisdom but we fail to use it and so when we do stupid things He just sits and watch us and hopes that we realizes soon and seek His help in the right way. Most Christians make this mistake everyday, we know that God is not a killer yet we pray for him to kill for us how do you think he will answer that prayer? The Bible says God rejoices over the repentance of a sinner, yet we go ahead and pray that God kills that sinner how do you believe he will answer. Aunty B is hurting you, yet you keep praying for aunty A to be disgraced and expo-sed how do you think God will answer. Sometimes we should learn to pray right. If you dont know what you are fighting against simply pray and say God help me, deliver me, save my marriage. Dont be specific in something you are not sure of.
I watched as Marvis preached for me, I saw how serious she was. I didnt want to believe she was innocent after all. But something kept telling me she was telling the truth.
Marvis: sister Dani, I am not the enemy of your home. I was a broken hearted frustrated sister I wanted you to feel hurt but not like this. Not in the way you have felt it. Watching you suffer was my delightful but I didnt cause your suffering. I am sorry I kept quiet for this long, I just didnt think it was my business to tell you.
Me: if what you are saying is the truth? Then how about those calls, you called him severally, you texted him, I saw the name.
Me: you saw the name, did you confirm the number?
I bec@m£ so confused as I stared at her.
Me: if its not you, then who? who is destroying my home?
Marvis: (smiles) that is something you are going to have to find out yourself. Seek God and you will find Him. Get your prayers right. (She walks away and I stood there dumbfounded watching her leave)
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EPISODE 14
After Marvis left, I thought about all she said and I know she was very correct. And so I asked myself, who is my enemy? What am I against? Who is behind my woes? Indeed I have been praying amiss, and so for the first time I knelt down and prayed differently.
”Dear Lord Jesus, resto-re my home, rebuke the devourers for my sake. Bring back my husband to me. Save him from the claws of Satan. Bring back my happiness and make me the complete woman that you have made me. In Jesus name”
After the prayer I felt this inner peace within me. All along I have made Marvis my enemy thinking she was the worm in my life. I owe her an apology.
As these thoughts crept throu-gh my tiny heart I allowed myself drown in the sleep that c@m£ in. The continuous knocking on the door, brou-ght me back to reality. Whoever it was that was knocking obviously didnt have plans of leaving soon until I opened the door. And so I grudginly stood up and opened. It was my mom, my dad, my mom inlaw and my father inlaw. I was shocked to see them. I quic-kly greeted them and allowed them come in quic-kly. The look on daddy’s face shows that he knows about everything.
Me: welcome mummies and daddies, I must be blessed today receiving my both parents in my house.
Daddy: cut the pretence Danielle.
I knew there was trouble in the mountain because Dad never calls me Danielle except he is really angry
Daddy: so that boy turned you into his punching bag. You my own daughter. He turned you into a punching bag and you kept it from me. You planned with your mother to keep it for me. Anyways am not here for plenty talk. Just go pack your things , you are leaving this house today.
Me: which house ? My husbands house?
Daddy: which husband? That that that…..infact dont make me talk just go and pack.
Me: (turned to mummy) Mummy what is daddy saying now? What is going on here. I never said I wanted to leave my husbands house na
Mummy: my dear do you remember all I’ve taught you? In this I have no say but you sure do and if you know all I’ve taught you then you know what to do.
Daddy: if you like woman, teach her to die in the hands of a man but I am taking my daughter home today.
I turned and looked at my in-laws, my mom inlaw was crying and I looked at my dad inlaw.
Dad inlaw: Danielle my child, whatever you decide now we will not hold it against you. I know everything my son has been doing to you, even though you never complained I know. I do not know where Isaiah learnt to be a womaniser or how to hit a woman. His mom and I brou-ght him up in the fear of God and I can tell you now that I dont know what is happening to him.
Me: Daddy what is going on?
Mom inlaw: Your husband has gotten a girl pregnant. He brou-ght her to the house last night and said he will be taking her as his wife. When I asked him about you, he said if you are willing to accept her as your mate then you can stay but if you can’t, then you can go and he will grant you a divorce.
Dad inlaw: We didnt want you to hear this from anyone else that is why we went to see my in-laws to tell them what is happening first before coming over to tell you.
I stood and looked from my mom to my dad and then to my in-laws. I felt nothing, no pain, no sadness no joy nothing. I just stared at them like a zombie. I knew they were waiting for me to say something. Daddy was busy picking some of my things that he could identify and throwing them outside the house. I was lost in my own thought. Here I was calling on God to resto-re my home few minutes ago, Marvis had told me that I prayed amiss and that’s why God didnt hear me and here I was praying it right and still its seems things was getting worse.
I turned and looked at mummy as she stood and held me.
Mummy: my child remember that whatever you decide, I will stand by you. Just think well before you decide.
I raised my head up and looked up to heaven. In my mind I asked God, ”father are you still there?” Just then daddy c@m£ out of the room dragging my box. As he was about to step out I held his hands.
Daddy: what? What? why are you holding my hand? Leave my hand let me take this box down and let’s get out of here. You are my child and I am not tired of caring for you.
I smiled and I gave daddy a ti-ght hvg.
Me: Daddy, I am not going to leave my husband.
What I just said landed like a big sl@p on daddy’s ears.
Daddy: what did you just say?
Me: Daddy I said am not going to leave my husban……
I had not finished the statement before a big sl@p landed on my face and mummy quic-kly ran to hold and st©p him.
Daddy: That is to correct your br@in, because it seems that something has gone wrong with your br@ins.
My dad has never ever sl@pped me since I was born, so him sl@pping me now means he is really angry. But my mind is made up and not even a thousand sl@ps can change it.
Me: Daddy I’m so sorry, I know you are angry, I have never disobeyed you once in my life but this time I’m sorry. (I broke into tears) I dont want to leave my husband, I still love him very much, and I dont want to leave him. I made a promise before man and God that till death do us p@rt, I promised to love him for better for worse, I also made a promise to him on our wedding day that I will be strong for him when he is weak, I will be strong for us. (My mother inlaw and mummy started crying with me). Daddy he looked at my heart and begged me not to leave him no matter what happens, and I made that promise to him.
Daddy: what sort of useless promise Is that ? Has he kept any of the promises he made to you?
Me: Daddy I told him I will be strong for us. Isaiah is my husband and I know he loves me. He may be weak now, he may be down now but I believe by Gods grace he will rise again. My night may be dark now but my morning will definitely come, Daddy my husband will come home to me. I know he will.
Daddy: Are you deaf? The man is marrying someone else. Someone who is alre-ady pregnant for him. Can’t you use your head?
Me: A man will leave his father and his mother and shall cling to his wife and they shall be one. Haggai had a child for Abr@ham but was and could never be his wife. Isaiah and I are one, that girl may have his child, but can never be his wife because he alre-ady has a wife. The word of God cannot lie, God cannot lie. I trust him and He will never fail me. My husband will come home to me, he will return to me daddy!
I had become exhausted from crying and talking, even Daddy was by now sobbing. He held me close and wept bitterly.
It was a sad and tense atmosphere.
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What can you say about this new development?
Is she ma-king the right decision?
WATCH OUT FOR EPISODE 15