The leaders, Janice Jamerson and LaTonya Wilcox, got to my house a quarter ‘til seven to get prepared. They supposed to been giving the women a cooking lesson that particular night. Sure was glad to see this ministry carrying on. Ophelia and I started it about fifteen years before, when both our husbands was still alive. But since they deceased, we let it pass on to the next generation ‘cause it’s kind of hard to talk to women about problems we ain’t never gonna face no more. Plus, me and Ophelia wasn’t as encouragin’ about husbands no more. Used to be we thought if you prayed and cried enough, God would change your husband. It happens sometimes, but we got no such exact promise from Him in the word, and you can’t stand on what God didn’t promise. Not sayin’ wives ought to give up on their husbands or their marriages, just sayin’: might be God’s will for you to practice your love walk, learn to keep your joy and peace no matter what while you married in this life, then y’all part ways at the pearly gates.
