subject: Healthy Marriage Magic - 3 Saucy Tips to Intimacy in Overdrive [print this page] Do you have a Healthy Marriage and desire amazing Intimacy to enhance things? God has supplied us with enough sexuality to make this happen. Since he is the creator of our sexuality and he ordains marriage as a unity between man and woman, He also intents for you to have this enjoyment and pleasure in your marriage. Genesis 2:24-25 gives a snapshot of the intentions God has for married couples in the department of ntimacy and Satisfaction. As He desires us to become one flesh, sharing our bodies with one another in marriage, this also pertains to intimatel unity. Adam and Eve were created and in their nakedness, had no shame. They were free to desire one another and express love as one flesh.
By first understanding God's intentions regarding your sexuality and intimacy in your marriage, you can then easily digest the steps needed to improve Intimacy and Pleasure in your marriage.
There are some truly amazing scriptures that give deep definition of what this intimacy and delight in marriage encompass. Here are a few:
Song of Solomon 4:9-12 You have made my heart beat faster, my sister, my bride; You have made my heart beat faster with a single glance of your eyes, With a single strand of your necklace. How beautiful is your love, my sister, my bride! How much better is your love than wine, And the fragrance of your oils than all kinds of spices! Your lips, my bride, drip honey; Honey and milk are under your tongue, And the fragrance of your garments is like the fragrance of Lebanon. A garden locked is my sister, my bride, A rock garden locked, a spring sealed up.
Song of Solomon 4:16 Awake, O north wind, and come, wind of the south; Make my garden breathe out fragrance, let its spices be wafted abroad may my beloved come into his garden and eat its choice fruits!"
Song of Solomon 7:10-13 I am my beloved's, and his desire is toward me. Come, my beloved, let us go forth to the field; Let us lodge in the villages. Let us get up early to the vineyards; Let us see if the vine has budded, whether the grape blossoms are open, and the pomegranates are in bloom. There I will give you my love. The mandrakes give off a fragrance, and at our gates are pleasant fruits, all manner, new and old, Which I have laid up for you, my beloved.
As you can see these give great detail on Intimacy and Satisfaction in a Healthy Marriage. By embracing God's intentions for your marriage in this department, you can then move forward to putting action behind it to creating healthy Intimacy with your spouse.
Here are 3 Starter Steps to get you going in the right direction:
(1) Effective Communication: It is important to have healthy communication with your spouse with listening being the most important aspect. Communication issues will definitely get in the way of desire and will prohibit you from having the level of Intimacy you desire in your marriage. Begin working on being able to effectively communicate with your spouse while remaining open and honest about your feelings, concerns and fears.
(2) Time for the Two of You: Spending quality alone time with each other can make a huge difference. Most times when couples begin dating again, Intimacy increases. Make time for each other in spite of everyone's hectic schedule.
(3) Move Passionately Slow: Taking your time to show that you love and care for your spouse can equate to heaps of pleasure. Be sure to also take your time in the marriage bed. Being passionate goes a very long way.
Next step...make it happen! Putting things in motion by embracing the action steps is of course the most important thing of all. Applying these tips will have you well on your way to steamier intimacy as you continue to grow your relationship into a Healthy Marriage.
Healthy Marriage Magic - 3 Saucy Tips to Intimacy in Overdrive
