08/10/2025
The couple in the photo got married in April 2025 and in September 2025, the wife set the husband ablaze after discovering that he was having an extramarital affair. He d!ed after sustaining a third-degree burn. No matter the wrongdoings of one's spouse, they shouldn't mμrder them, especially in such a gruesome manner. It's been barely five months since they got married and the ultimate question is WHY?
In a marriage vow, the statement "for better or worse ... till de@th do us part" is neither a de@th warrant nor a license to k!ll one's spouse but a commitment by a couple to go through the storms of life together; swim through troubled waters, fight battles together as well as celebrate victories together. It is a promise that if in the course of their life one of them d!es, it would be in one of the battles where their spouse was an ally, not the enemy.
Many times, when a separation is endorsed on the basis of domestic viølence or intimate partner , some people quote that vow justifying why they think a separation shouldn't be an option and it's because they lack understanding. If the vow meant that it was ok for one spouse to k!ll the other, parents wouldn't allow their children to make such a vow, let alone get married. Parents encourage it because they understand the true meaning of the vow.
That vow is a promise to support, tolerate, forgive the short comings of each other, and stand by each other through life. It is a commitment by a couple to love, protect, defend and fight together as one, against a common enemy for as long as they live. However, when a spouse becomes the enemy instead of the ally, the predator instead of the protector, the threat to life, instead of the refuge, then that vow becomes null and void and at that point, de@th is not what should put them apart but a separation.
It wasn't the will of God, who is the originator of marriage for anyone to d!e in the hands of their spouse whom he entrusted to their care. When that becomes the case, a separation is allowed, and a divorce is justified. Nevertheless, if a person chooses to stay with such a partner, they do so by choice, and are totally accountable for any outcome.
In a nutshell, a counsel whether a sound or a misleading one, has never been a commandment but a recommendation. An advice is never imposed but suggested with reasons, facts or references. In the end, the decision rests in the hands of the one being advised. They have a choice to either take it or leave it, based on their own reasons and capacity. The bottom line is, always apply wisdom in everything you do because wisdom is a defence.
Joanah Eyere
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