12 Gifts of Marriage: Day 3 {bonus: 12 Days of Christmas Giveaway}

             DAY 3: TRUST

A musician stands on the edge of a stage with his back facing the crowd, closes his eyes, spreads his arms like an eagle and falls backwards with reckless abandon.

The crowd, in anticipation and with great excitement, catches him and continues to keep him lifted.  

This is the ultimate act of trust for artists and musicians; to fall into the arms of their fans trusting they will keep them lifted.

A husband stands at the edge of life, arms stretched wide, closes his eyes, and falls backwards into the arms of his wife.  Trusting, no matter her strength, she’ll never let him fall.  

This is one of the most beautiful gifts of marriage: Trust.

Before marriage, so many walk around with heads held high proclaiming a need for no one.  God maybe, but no human being.  But in our hearts, we know neither is true.  We need both.

It is said that, “Marriage provides the solace of worked-on friendship and the joy of being profoundly known.”  It allows a bond to develop, a trust like none other, between two people whose souls were created in heaven and later bound on earth.

To be fully known, that is the necessity of every person; man, woman and child.  And a loving marriage provides that like no other earthly relationship.

We stand on the edge of life, eyes closed and arms raised, and fall backwards.  And magically, almost mysteriously, no matter the strength of our spouse, we are always caught.

On Christmas, we unwrapped the first gift of marriage: Friendship.  Then yesterday, we explored the gift of being a United Front.  And for the next 10 days, we will continue to unwrap one additional gift of marriage daily.  In a world filled with insatiable desires, it is nice to spend time just appreciating the gifts we already have.  Don’t you think?

Please join me tomorrow for day 4 and before you leave today, make sure to scroll down to participate in our 12 Days of Christmas spectacular giveaway.

Until tomorrow…make it a great day!

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12 DAYS OF CHRISTMAS SPECTACULAR GIVEAWAY

I’ve never done a series quite like this before.  Every day, for 12 days, I will post an encouragement for your marriage at the top.  And then, a pretty spectacular giveaway at the bottom in honor of the release of my upcoming book, Happy Wives Club. (Still can’t believe we are less than 2 weeks away from its release!)

TODAY’S GIFT: His & Her Kindle Fire HDX!

No purchase is necessary, entering to win is simple, and you control your number of entries.  But if you do choose to pre-order the book (Amazon and Barnes & Noble have it 25% off today), make sure to scroll down because we’re giving you tons of FREE STUFF!

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Here are the details for the awesome FREE GIFTS you’ll get for pre-ordering Happy Wives Club today. (**If you’ve already pre-ordered, you get these too!)

If You Pre-Order 1-4 Books:

• Love Notes: a brand new eBook by Fawn Weaver
• An mp3 download of Happy Wives Club audio book read by Fawn Weaver
• 50 photos with inspirational quotes from Happy Wives Club

If You Pre-Order 5+ Books (perfect for starting a book club with friends):

• Get all the great gifts from the list above
• The Official ”Happy Wife” T-shirt
• The Official HWC “Happy” Mug
• Invitation to join Fawn’s private book club Facebook group where she’ll personally guide you through the lessons contained in this book and answer your questions

HOW DOES IT WORK?

All you have to do is email a copy of your receipt (or order confirmation email) to hwcbook@gmail.com.  If you’ve already pre-ordered your book, just email your receipt and you still get these gifts!  For additional details: http://happywivesclubbook.com/blog/preorder.

WANT TO GIVE THIS BOOK AS A GIFT BEFORE ITS RELEASE ON 1/7/14?

Not to worry, we created these beautiful printables you can give to anyone letting them know you’ve pre-ordered the book for them as a Christmas gift, anniversary, wedding or engagement present.

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Fawn Weaver

Founder at Happy Wives Club

Fawn Weaver is the USA Today® and New York Times® bestselling author of Happy Wives Club: One Woman's Worldwide Search for the Secrets of a Great Marriage, adopting the same name as the Club she founded in 2010. The Happy Wives Club community has grown to include more than 900,000 women in over 110 countries around the world. When she’s not blogging or working on her next project, she's happily doting over her husband of nearly eleven years, Keith.

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