{"id":5843,"date":"2013-03-12T12:03:22","date_gmt":"2013-03-12T16:03:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/verastic.com\/?p=5843"},"modified":"2013-03-12T12:03:22","modified_gmt":"2013-03-12T16:03:22","slug":"give-me-a-spouse-or-i-die","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/verastic.com\/site\/social\/give-me-a-spouse-or-i-die.html","title":{"rendered":"Give Me A Spouse Or I Die!"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_5844\" style=\"width: 677px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/verastic.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/Give-Me-A-Spouse.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5844\" class=\"size-full wp-image-5844\" alt=\"Church program: Give me a spouse or I die\" src=\"https:\/\/verastic.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/Give-Me-A-Spouse.png\" width=\"667\" height=\"673\" srcset=\"https:\/\/verastic.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/Give-Me-A-Spouse.png 667w, https:\/\/verastic.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/Give-Me-A-Spouse-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/verastic.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/Give-Me-A-Spouse-297x300.png 297w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 667px) 100vw, 667px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-5844\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Church program: Give me a spouse or I die<\/p><\/div>\n<p>My regret is that I did not blog of this event sooner. I knew of it a while ago, but I completely forgot to share it here so that people who are now on the brink of death caused by <em>spouselessness<\/em> can go to this event. The funny part is that there are people who actually feel this way. And there are people who attended this event &#8230; AND these people said this prayer to God.<\/p>\n<p>I can just see it happening. The pastor will say, <em>&#8220;Now, say, FATHER!!! GIVE ME A SPOUSE OR I DIE! DON&#8217;T ALLOW MY ENEMIES TO LAUGH AT ME ANY LONGER. GIVE ME A SPOUSE, OH GOD. TURN MY GRASS INTO GRACE! GIVE ME THE BONE OF MY BONES! WILL MY OWN BE DIFFERENT? PROVIDE MY SPOUSE BY FIRE! FATTHHHEEEERRRR, GIVE ME A SPOUSE OR I DIE!!!! PRRRRAAAAAAYYYYYYEEEEEERRRRRRSSSSSS!!!!!!&#8221;<\/em> And the entire church will erupt in spontaneous noise, shouting on God and demanding a spouse and threatening to die. Ehn, die now. Na today yansh begin dey for back?<\/p>\n<p>If not for the goodness, love, and patience of God, do you know how many of us will die by our own prayers? Give me a spouse or I die, ke? For what reason? They should have actually given it a different name: <strong>Give me a spouse or I commit suicide!<\/strong> Then we&#8217;ll know for sure which people are ready to die from <em>spouselessness<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>P.S.<\/strong>\u00a0I bet you most of these people can barely take care of themselves.<\/p>\n<p><strong>P.P.S.<\/strong>\u00a0And I bet most of the attendees were women, too.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>My regret is that I did not blog of this event sooner. I knew of it a while ago, but I completely forgot to share it here so that people who are now on the brink of death caused by spouselessness can go to this event. 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