My husband found Casino as his relaxing point from home. What started as fun for him turned out to be a tragedy for the family. I didn’t know he was frequently going to Casino after work and didn’t answer my calls after work. In 2 months time, it was a regular thing and never answered the calls even if it was 50-100 times. My in laws came to stay for few months and came to know about it but he wouldn’t listen to them as well. They went back and it still continued even worse.
This went for days and days and I just sat crying day and night some days without cooking and showing my anger to the kids. With kids at home, and no one to take care of them, I couldn’t go and get him back from the casino if he didn’t return from work. I begged, cried, screamed, shouted and blackmailed. Nothing worked. In fact, it went worse once when I fought and he called up 911 and said I was threatening to kill the kids. The cops showed up and they said they couldn’t do anything about him going to casino as it was his personal choice and asked me to go my friends place. This was the day before Christmas and I drove to the airport without knowing where to go. Sat in the airport for 4 hrs with my little one crying for milk and I didn’t have anything to give. Then a guy approached me in the airport and I felt unsafe and drove back to home at 4 am to see my husband sleeping like nothing had happened.
Our accounts were wiped out and all credit cards maxed out and even loaned money from his siblings and friends asking for some other reason. I couldn’t handle at this point and went to India and told my family that I was getting a divorce. I was scared if he would commit suicide when were gone too and used to call his friends and check if he came to work. There were days when he didn’t show up to work and his friends checked for him at home. My family told to give him a last chance for another month hoping he must have realized when we weren’t here with him. But when we came back, nothing had changed, the house was left in the same condition when I’d left to the point that I had to clean and vacuum to even let my kids on the floor to play.
When I was almost at the verge of giving up, first wave of covid started and all casinos were locked. I felt all my PRAYERS were answered when all the casinos were closed not only for my family but for all the families affected just like me. Covid was truly a blessing for me. We even got covid during the second week of March and recovered at home. God changed my husbands mind and made him realize what he has been doing. We reconciled and got together in true trust and love and started working together to repay the debts forgetting the bitter past between us.
I cannot thank God for all the goodness he has done in my life and this is the greatest of all! We as a family are still alive by HIS mighty grace!
The Lord is our only strong hold at all times. He has the right plan for you. If you are going through any tough situations this minute, just hang in there, the end may be so closer than you think.
