21/08/2026
The Crisis of Trust in Marriage: A Word to the Church
Many men today struggle to trust the very women they call their wives.
Here is one painful reason why.👇
There is a paint chemical depot where I regularly purchase raw materials for paint production.
On several occasions, anytime my purchase reaches ₦100,000 - ₦200,000 and above, the owner’s wife requests that 30% of the payment be sent to her personal account.
In a private conversation, she further admitted:
_"When my husband gives me money to buy a bag of Mago rice, I purchase a cheaper product, repackage it in a Mago sack, and keep the balance. He will never know."_
This is the same business her husband depends on to sustain their family.
*This raises a critical question: Is she building the business, or destroying it?*
Sadly, this pattern is not isolated.
Many women receive ₦100,000 from their husbands for household provisions, spend ₦70,000, and quietly save ₦30,000 for themselves without disclosure.
*So I ask:*
1. Is this the kind of wife that builds a home? *Proverbs 14:1*
2. Is this the "favor" a man finds when he finds a wife? *Proverbs 18:22*
3. Is this the kind of spouse we should pray for?
It is unfortunate. *John 10:10* reminds us that _the thief comes only to steal, kill, and destroy_.
Yet *Proverbs 31:10-11* also reminds us that _a wife of noble character is rare and precious, and her husband has full confidence in her._
*Final Thought:*
Marriage is covenant, not commerce.
Homes and businesses built on secrecy, fraud, and dishonesty will not stand.
We must raise women of integrity who build, not break. And we must pray for discernment as men.
May God raise a generation of faithful, trustworthy spouses.
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