You’re going to regret this.
\nHe’s not “the one;” he doesn’t even love you.
\nYou’re going to cry on the way back up the aisle after and they will not be tears of joy because somehow, you already know.<\/p>\n
But marry him anyway, because for you there is no other way to learn this lesson–
\nthat God is a God of grace, not judgement; that He is the One True Love of your life;
\nthat he has more grace and goodness in store for the rest of your life than you could have ever imagined.
\nThat you are beautiful, and worthwhile, and courageous, and you have so much to offer the world.<\/p>\n
It will take a long time to get there–years, and then a decade or more, but you will see so many sights along the way and have so many new experiences; you will wonder at this man’s lack of courage, thought, love.<\/p>\n
And one day, someone will show up at the door of your own home and look at you, and you will begin to learn about love.<\/p>\n
This marriage is a terrible doorway to a new world and how it’s going to hurt going through but in the end you will be so grateful for the entire thing you would do it again.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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