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And though one may be overpowered, two can resist. Moreover, a cord of three strands is not quickly broken.
Ecclesiastes 4:12 · BSB

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Stand at the front of any wedding and the math seems obvious: two is stronger than one. But the old preacher counts to three. "A threefold cord is not quickly broken," and the threefold cord is the ancient picture of a marriage with God braided through the middle of it, a third strand neither of you supplies. On a wedding day that is a charge. On an anniversary it is a testimony, because you already know which years would have frayed a two-strand rope. So celebrate loudly today. Thank God for the specific person beside you, and for the ordinary faithfulness between the milestones. Then re-braid on purpose and pray together tonight, even for thirty seconds. Cords stay strong the way they were wound, strand by strand, with God in the middle.

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Lord, be the third strand in this marriage, today and every ordinary day after. Thank You for the one beside me. Braid us tighter with the years. Amen.

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