{"id": "card_n_a9b95338eb36", "kind": "note", "title": "A parable — Marriage drift", "body": "Two of you are stronger than one; but a threefold cord is not quickly broken. A marriage of two has spent its slack. A marriage with the Maker as the third strand can be pulled and pulled and not part. The drift is two strands letting go of the third.\n\nAsk yourself: Where is the third strand in your cord?\n\nBROTHERS — a threefold cord is not quickly broken (Eccl 4:12). Two who drift apart had stopped braiding in the third.\n\n(A Narrow Highway original teaching parable — not a parable of Jesus; a made story that carries a true edge.)", "source": {"label": "Narrow Highway — original parable", "url": "", "ref": "scripture_eccl_4_12", "authority_tier": "operator"}, "shelf": "codex", "box": "parables", "bands": ["parable", "original", "witness", "teaching", "metabolism", "authority_trust", "BROTHERS"], "connections": [], "author": "operator", "created_at": "2026-07-10T21:00:05.284658+00:00", "updated_at": "2026-07-10T21:00:05.284658+00:00", "visibility": "public", "lifecycle_stage": "public", "volatility": "permanent", "surface": "witness", "metrics": {"paperclips_count": 0, "helpful_count": 0, "not_helpful_count": 0, "cite_count": 0, "walks_through_count": 0, "flagged_count": 0}, "source_hash": "046e6efa99217ae71efc6161f503cc9bf975c0b872ff2a20c18aae4207a46ea3"}