Marriage is like a puzzle. It is important to have all of the pieces in the puzzle for the puzzle to be complete. Intimacy in a marriage is one of those big puzzle pieces that is needed for the puzzle to be complete.
Intimacy, communication, friendship, trust, and faith are a few of those key puzzle pieces. It is important to have faith in God in a marriage, pray together, worship together. Having trust is crucial, you need to be able to trust your spouse and be able to rely on them, that they will be good to their word and honor the promises they made when you got married.
Friendship is also important in a marriage. Without friendship a marriage would be two people who pay bills together and care for children. When the friendship factor is in a marriage you can laugh together, cry together, make jokes together. Marriage can be fun and an adventure.
Communication is needed for marriage to flow a bit more smoothly. When the couple communicates there are likely to be less misunderstandings. A way to help protect each other in a marriage from pornography is by keeping each other and God first. When we do this and do not let our minds wander we can ensure to have a good relationship with our spouse.
Intimacy is one of the most important parts of a marriage. The couple can grow closer together and create a bond with one another. Intimacy gives the couple an opportunity to be vulnerable and to learn more about each other. In the church we believe in saving sexual intimacy until marriage because we know how sacred and powerful it is. Not only to procreate but also to express love. There is a reason God made us the way that he did to be attracted to the opposite sex, to find a spouse and marry them and have the want to be intimate. God wants us to wait until marriage and when we are married he wants us to be faithful to our spouse in our thoughts, feelings, desires and actions. In marriage (and before) it is important to stay away from pornography, to keep and minds clean and to reserve those sexual feelings for our spouse.
Waiting to be intimate until marriage is important because then only you and your spouse will hold that special bond together.
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