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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