My wife and I were present at this congress. Sabina told me, "Richard, stand up and wash away this shame from the face of Christ! They are spitting in His face." I said to her, "If I do so, you lose your husband." She replied, "I don't wish to have a coward as a husband. Richard Wurmbrand
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When my wife was giving birth to our second child, she asked me to get up and walk across the room. I told her that I would never do that. She already had me where she wanted me and did not wish to lose me.

Source: Tortured For Christ N/E

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