(To a woman who is worried about her husband not professing faith)
I'm sure you've heard the story of a man who was scared out of his wits at the sight of a withered tree. He felt so isolated and terrified walking through the darkness of night that, when he saw a tall tree swaying in the wind, he took it for a ghost. It was he who was terror-striken, and it was his own timidity which caused that fear. In other words, he was both his own attacker and victim. It would have been no use suing the tree, for tree have no inherent power to frighten people. If they did, we would never be able to admire their beauty.
I cited this story because I want you to understand that whether or not you can solve your problem with your husband depends on your own determination. Right now you feel it is his fault that you cannot participate in activities. However, his opposition is only the external cause; there is also an internal cause within yourself. Viewed from this principle, you have the bad karma to suffer on account of your husband. In order to change your problem, there is no other alternative but to grapple squarely with it. It is precisely because your husband is not yet a member that you must strenghten your faith and pray to the Gohonzon so that you will be able to do activities together with him as soon as possible.
You say your husband is strong in his obstinacy. Conversely speaking, this means that you are weak. I don't mean that you should be equally obstinate in arguing with him, but rather, that you should be strong in your determination to challenge your own destiny. Don't bear a grudge against your husband. Rather, become someone he can trust. Fundamentally, you must change your own karma. When you exert yourself toward realizing your human revolution and take responsibility for your family's happiness, your husband will inevitably come to recognize the great power of the Mystic Law and eventually take faith in it.
GUIDELINES OF FAITH - SATORU IZUMI
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