4 Ways to Grow as a Braided Wife by Jen Weaver

Today Mike and I celebrate our wedding anniversary. It means I’ve been a wife for thirty-two years. And I still need God’s help and godly advice.

So, welcome, Jen Weaver. Jen and I met at a writers conference and we’re both represented by The Blythe Daniel Agency.

My heart’s tender for all things about marriage. So when Jen’s publisher provided the opportunity to read, review, and giveaway her book,  A Wife’s Secret to Happiness, I jumped at the chance. I know you’ll enjoy her powerful words.

Ropes That Eventually Broke

Ecclesiastes 4 verse 12 is one of the most quoted Bible verses in wedding ceremonies, a popular passage describing the way God longs to be involved in our marriages, woven into a cord alongside you and your husband.

Though one may be overpowered, two can defend themselves. A cord of three strands is not quickly broken. Ecclesiastes 4:12 NIV

The church I attended throughout childhood held an annual marriage retreat, and one year the couples in our congregation came back wearing gold rope bracelets on their wrists. String tied as reminders of this verse and of their desire to stay tightly woven to their spouse, and to Jesus. To this day, I fondly picture my marriage cord as a shiny gold piece of yarn.

But as days and weeks went on, those ropes eventually broke.

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