Grylls - Never stop holding hands: and other marriage survival tips

NEVER STOP HOLDING HANDS Published by David C Cook 4050 Lee Vance View Colorado Springs, CO 80918 U.S.A. David C Cook Distribution Canada 55 Woodslee Avenue, Paris, Ontario, Canada N3L 3E5 David C Cook U.K., Kingsway Communications Eastbourne, East Sussex BN23 6NT, England The graphic circle C logo is a registered trademark of David C Cook. All rights reserved. Except for brief excerpts for review purposes, no part of this book may be reproduced or used in any form without written permission from the publisher. All Scripture quotations are taken from the Holy Bible, New International Version, NIV. Copyright 1973, 1978, 1984 by Biblica, Inc.

Used by permission of Zondervan. All rights reserved worldwide. www.zondervan.com. LCCN 2011937598 ISBN 978-0-7814-0670-3 eISBN 978-1-4347-0473-3 2012 Shara Grylls Published by arrangement with Alpha International. First UK edition published as Marriage Matters in 2006 by Pen Press Ltd Shara Grylls, ISBN 978-1-905203-65-9 Second UK edition published in 2009 Lion Hudson, ISBN 978-0-7459-5502-5 The Team: Alex Field, Nick Lee, Renada Arens, and Karen Athen Cover Design: Amy Konyndyk Cover Photo: iStockphoto Illustrations: Charlie Mackesy First North American Edition 2012 For Bear You are my everything Shara was born in 1974, is married to Bear, and is mother to three boys named Jesse, Marmaduke, and Huckleberry. She lives with her family, dividing time between a Dutch barge on the River Thames and a small private Welsh island.

Preface This little book is a compilation of quotes that people gave my husband and me when we got married. We simply asked everyone to enclose with their wedding invitation replies some words that they thought might help us. We were overwhelmed with great advice. Some of the quotes are made up, and some are classics. There are poems, recipes, sayings, old wives tales, just simple common-sense advice, and a few special Bible verses Ive added, but overall, the outstanding quality that shines through this book is love. In the good times, in the hard times, love being a friend when it really matters, protecting each other.

I love being married and completely adore my husband, and therefore this book is for him with all my love. Shara Grylls Acknowledgments Thank you to all our friends and family who contributed these quotes and sayings, and for making this little book what it is. Thank you so much to you, Charlie, for the cartoons; they are, like you, inspired. A successful marriage requires falling in love many times, always with the same person. Mignon McLaughlin FirstTell each other you love each other several times each day. SecondMake each other laugh.

Seeing the funny side of things, and of each other, is the best fuel for a successful marriage. ThirdAlways say to yourself, How will my actions affect the other? May God watch over you always. Bears Father Together, live each day like your last and each night like your first. Never stop holding hands. Keep a short account of wrongs. The giving must always exceed the taking.

From this day forward, You shall not walk alone. My heart will be your shelter, And my arms will be your home. _____ For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and they will become one flesh. Genesis 2:24 Be best friends. There is no more lovely, friendly, and charming relationship, communion, or company than a good marriage. Martin Luther Send her flowers for no reason.

To the husband: Hug and squeeze her daily and if her daily wont go along with it, try the au pair! Marriage is one plus one equals one. Couples who pray together stay together. We saw the process of achieving union as like two stones becoming one by grinding together, the hard bits of one wearing away the soft bits of the other, until at last the fit is perfect: one stone. Sheldon Vanauken When youre right, be silent, and when youre wrong, admit it straightaway. Be sure to tell one another how much you love each other at every opportunityor rest assured, someone else will! Always retain the ability to laugh at yourself. A successful marriage depends on two things: (1) finding the right person, and (2) being the right person.

Be true to yourself and you cannot then be false to anyone. Dont be afraid to show your weaknessvulnerability brings you close. Marry only for love. One has not gained a husband, and the other has not gained a wife, but both have gained lifelong mates. Marriage resembles a pair of shears, so joined that they cannot be separated; often moving in opposite directions, yet always punishing any one who comes between them. Sydney Smith If two lie down together, they will keep warm.

Ecclesiastes 4:11 For a good marriage, never lose sight of what brought you together in the first place. Marriage is like life. What we give out, we get back. Frequently listen to, appreciate, and touch each other. Enjoy lots of sex. Be loyal.

Be considerate in all things. Take lots of weekend breaks. Dont spend the night in the spare bedroom. Never sleep on a grievance. Young lovers seek perfection. Old lovers learn the art of sewing shreds together and of seeing beauty in a multiplicity of patches.

How to Make an American Quilt An archaeologist is the best husband any woman can have; the older she gets, the more interested he is in her. A Witty Wife Now you will feel no rain, for each of you will be shelter to the other. Now you will feel no cold, for each of you will be warmth to the other. Now there is no loneliness for you, for each of you will be companion to the other. Now you are two persons, but there is one life before you. Go now to your dwelling place, to enter into the days of your togetherness.

And may your days be good and long upon this earth. Apache Wedding Blessing A honeymoon is the brief period of time between I do and Youd better! Rule 1: Your wife is always right. Rule 2: Even when she is wrong, refer to rule number one! When two souls, which for a longer or a shorter time have sought each other amidst the crowd, at length find each other; when they perceive that they belong to each other; when, in short, they comprehend their affinity, then there is established between them a union, pure and ardent as themselves, a union begun upon earth in order that it may be completed in heaven. This union is love; real and perfect love, such love as very few men can adequately conceive; love which is a religion, adoring the being beloved as a divinity; love that lives in devotion and ardor, and for which to make great sacrifices is the purest pleasure. Victor Hugo Love is not merely the indulgence of ones personal taste buds; it is also the delight in indulging anothers.