{"id":1875,"date":"2025-10-22T10:26:46","date_gmt":"2025-10-22T10:26:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hillsinthevalley.com\/blog\/?p=1875"},"modified":"2025-12-16T12:55:32","modified_gmt":"2025-12-16T12:55:32","slug":"the-journey-to-forgiveness-series-4","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hillsinthevalley.com\/blog\/the-journey-to-forgiveness-series-4\/","title":{"rendered":"Life Is for the Strong, Marriage for the Stronger! LOL."},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"1875\" class=\"elementor elementor-1875\" data-elementor-settings=\"{&quot;ha_cmc_init_switcher&quot;:&quot;no&quot;}\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"has_eae_slider elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-26924ac0 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-eae-slider=\"56784\" data-id=\"26924ac0\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_ha_eqh_enable&quot;:false,&quot;ekit_has_onepagescroll_dot&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"has_eae_slider elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-2e28415d\" data-eae-slider=\"47885\" data-id=\"2e28415d\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4991a96 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"4991a96\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;ekit_we_effect_on&quot;:&quot;none&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n<p>For real\u2014let\u2019s be honest. You need to be <em>stronger<\/em> to stay in a marriage than to even live single. A sweet and peaceful marriage takes strength on both sides. It\u2019s not just when things get chaotic that you need strong people; even peace requires work.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Intentionality in <em>everything<\/em> is the secret ingredient to a successful home. But here\u2019s the real foundation: you have to genuinely <strong>like<\/strong> your partner to be intentional. It can\u2019t be one person always trying to make it work while the other allows themselves to be constantly reminded that they have \u201coptions.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>At the end of the day, it all comes down to who you really are. Without genuineness, irritation creeps in, and the relationship begins to feel like a burden.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>Sometimes we enter marriage thinking love alone will sustain it, but the truth is, love matures through discipline, forgiveness, and daily choice. Strength isn\u2019t just about enduring the storms\u2014it\u2019s also about knowing when to rest, rebuild, or release.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>Commitment in marriage is daily\u2014it\u2019s not just a word, it\u2019s a discipline. And part of that means knowing when to cut your partner some slack. (Trust me, I cut too many. \ud83d\ude05)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>So, <strong>define your own version of intentionality\u2014and choose happiness, genuinely.<\/strong><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"has_eae_slider elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-8f61df9 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-eae-slider=\"38706\" data-id=\"8f61df9\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_ha_eqh_enable&quot;:false,&quot;ekit_has_onepagescroll_dot&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"has_eae_slider elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-b84eda5\" data-eae-slider=\"31796\" data-id=\"b84eda5\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7d78e3d elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"7d78e3d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;ekit_we_effect_on&quot;:&quot;none&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/img.freepik.com\/premium-photo\/couple-walking-down-path-with-sunset-background_865967-107495.jpg\" title=\"\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>the-journey-to-forgiveness-series-4<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":663,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"give_campaign_id":0,"_eb_attr":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[75],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1875","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-relationship"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/hillsinthevalley.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/woman-506120_1920-1.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hillsinthevalley.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1875","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hillsinthevalley.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hillsinthevalley.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hillsinthevalley.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hillsinthevalley.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1875"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/hillsinthevalley.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1875\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1886,"href":"https:\/\/hillsinthevalley.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1875\/revisions\/1886"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hillsinthevalley.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/663"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hillsinthevalley.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1875"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hillsinthevalley.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1875"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hillsinthevalley.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1875"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}