{"id":24325,"date":"2018-07-01T18:00:27","date_gmt":"2018-07-01T18:00:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/baonline.cog7engage.net\/?p=24325"},"modified":"2023-08-29T11:22:34","modified_gmt":"2023-08-29T17:22:34","slug":"the-reality-of-marriage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/baonline.cog7engage.net\/the-reality-of-marriage\/","title":{"rendered":"The Reality of Marriage\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Before I got married,<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">I didn\u2019t know the reality<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">That the easiest thing to grow<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Would be apart.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Apart a little at a time<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Until it makes a hole.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Before I got married,<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">I didn\u2019t know the reality<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">That the hardest thing to grow<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Would be a part.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">A part a little at a time<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Until it makes a whole.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Now that I am married,\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">I have learned this reality<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">But don\u2019t always act as though<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">I want hardships, not a free ride.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">I want to bridge and not divide<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The hearts we pledged to tomorrow.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Now that I am married,<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">I am learning the reality:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The process has just begun.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">A little at a time, part by part,\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Bridge by bridge, heart to heart.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cTwo shall, by grace, become one.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Bethany Waters<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; Before I got married, I didn\u2019t know the reality That the easiest thing to grow Would be apart. 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