SATURDAY – QUESTION & ANSWER
Question #1: How important are tender touch and gentle words?
Answer #1: Before marriage, two people in love can hardly keep their hands off each other. They find the touch of their beloved thrilling. But, what happens after the wedding? After just a few years of marriage, some couples would consider a firm handshake a wildly intimate encounter.
This should not be the case! There is great power in tender touch, even if it’s just a long, full-body hug or a lingering kiss. Or the touch may be a gentle caress of her face that has no secret motive to make sexual demands but instead communicates, “I love you, Sweetheart, and I care for you tenderly.”
Gentle words have similar power. Consider the following list of some things any husband could use in complimenting and praising his wife: charm; femininity; faithfulness (to God, to you, to your children); hard work; beauty; personality; her love (including her receptivity and responsiveness to you as a man); her advice and counsel; character; desirability; friendship. And that’s just a start!
What wife wouldn’t respond to a husband who praises her regularly with gentle words for all these wonderful qualities? Why don’t you try it, and find out for yourself?
NOTE: This article was taken from the book Family Life and Marriage Bible by Dennis and Barbara Rainey.
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You are so right about this. Couples need to put fourth a little more effort towards making the other one feel good emotionally. Especially if they’ve been together for a long time. We get comfortable and little things like a long kiss goodnight before you cuddle to go to sleep tend to fall down on the priority list. We need to keep the hugs and kisses, the bottom pats, the “out of the blue” compliments top priority to keeping a relationship alive and healthy. Thanks for the read.
Hi Laura! Thanks for your great comment! Everyone reading this needs to be the one to kickstart those actions. The benefit is terrific!