Halloween Family conflict

Marriage & Relationships
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My husband loves Halloween and my daughter and I felt convicted not to celebrate. Things spiraled last year because we didn’t want to decorate. Instead of talking about it my husband got angry and gave away all his decorations, not because he cares about our feelings but because he’s spiteful and angry.

We had a difficult couple of months through all the holidays because he was angry.

Now we are in Halloween season again, our neighbors decorate like crazy! They have all our old decorations, so he is mad, jealous and sad. But he won’t show sad emotions only angry. He blames our daughter and I. He says we don’t respect him or care about him. But he never wanted to talk calmly about any of this. It’s very awkward and uncomfortable,

I hate this season even more now because of the awkward family tension that he could explode at any given time. Plus he’s an alcoholic so even more egg shells.

I want prayer that he will be ok with not celebrating Halloween….he never gave us a choice to discuss, he got mad and said we would never celebrate it. (Which we were ok with, but not with him being angry and hurt). Please we need God’s intervention to give him peace with this. We need a miracle.

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Heavenly Father, we lift up Rola and her family to You, asking for Your peace and wisdom to reign in their home during this challenging season. Lord, we pray for Rola’s husband, that You would soften his heart and help him to communicate his feelings calmly and openly. Remove the anger, jealousy, and bitterness that are causing tension, and replace them with understanding, love, and respect for one another.

We ask for Your divine intervention to bring peace and unity to this family, especially during this time of year. Help Rola’s husband to find comfort and contentment without the need to celebrate Halloween in a way that causes strife. Heal the wounds that have been created and help them to find joy and harmony together. In Jesus’ name, we pray. Amen.

“Let all bitterness and wrath and anger and clamor and slander be put away from you, along with all malice. Be kind to one another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, as God in Christ forgave you.” – Ephesians 4:31-32