We all need to prioritize sexual intimacy in our marriages. This can be easier said than done in some seasons than in others. We’ve put these five tips together to help when you’re going through a rough patch with this…

When you give your spouse room to make mistakes, you help build 𝙩𝙧𝙪𝙨𝙩, 𝙨𝙚𝙘𝙪𝙧𝙞𝙩𝙮 and 𝙚𝙢𝙥𝙤𝙬𝙚𝙧𝙢𝙚𝙣𝙩 in your marriage. ⠀

𝐓𝐫𝐮𝐬𝐭: That you believe they can handle things, understanding that no one does everything perfectly all the time. ⠀

𝐒𝐞𝐜𝐮𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐲: The marriage relationship will survive their mistakes. ⠀

𝐄𝐦𝐩𝐨𝐰𝐞𝐫𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭: To make decisions on their feet to the best of their ability without having to be overly concerned about disappointing you if their decision turns out not to be the best. #roomtofail ⠀

𝐵𝑎𝑠𝑖𝑐𝑎𝑙𝑙𝑦, 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑘𝑒𝑦 𝑡𝑜 𝑙𝑜𝑣𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑎𝑛𝑜𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑟 𝑖𝑠 𝑏𝑒𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑎𝑏𝑙𝑒 𝑡𝑜 𝑐𝑜𝑟𝑟𝑒𝑐𝑡𝑙𝑦 𝑙𝑜𝑣𝑒 𝑦𝑜𝑢𝑟𝑠𝑒𝑙𝑓, 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑘𝑒𝑦 𝑡𝑜 𝑙𝑜𝑣𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑦𝑜𝑢𝑟𝑠𝑒𝑙𝑓 𝑤𝑒𝑙𝑙 𝑖𝑠 𝑐𝑜𝑚𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑡𝑜 𝑎 𝑑𝑒𝑒𝑝𝑒𝑟 𝑢𝑛𝑑𝑒𝑟𝑠𝑡𝑎𝑛𝑑𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑜𝑓 𝑤ℎ𝑜 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑎𝑟𝑒 𝑖𝑛𝑠𝑖𝑑𝑒. 𝐼’𝑚 𝑡𝑎𝑙𝑘𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑎𝑏𝑜𝑢𝑡 𝑡ℎ𝑒 “𝑤ℎ𝑦’ 𝑏𝑒ℎ𝑖𝑛𝑑 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑛𝑔𝑠 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑑𝑜. 𝐼𝑡 𝑖𝑛𝑣𝑜𝑙𝑣𝑒𝑠 𝑔𝑒𝑡𝑡𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑡𝑜 𝑘𝑛𝑜𝑤 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑎𝑝𝑝𝑟𝑒𝑐𝑖𝑎𝑡𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑜𝑠𝑒 𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑙𝑙𝑦 𝑐𝑜𝑜𝑙 𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑛𝑔𝑠 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑚𝑎𝑘𝑒 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑠𝑝𝑒𝑐𝑖𝑎𝑙 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑎 𝑏𝑒𝑛𝑒𝑓𝑖𝑡 𝑡𝑜 𝑡ℎ𝑜𝑠𝑒 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑐𝑜𝑚𝑒 𝑖𝑛 𝑐𝑜𝑛𝑡𝑎𝑐𝑡 𝑤𝑖𝑡ℎ: 𝑦𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑠𝑡𝑟𝑜𝑛𝑔 𝑠𝑢𝑖𝑡𝑠. 𝐼𝑡 𝑎𝑙𝑠𝑜 𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑎𝑖𝑙𝑠 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑏𝑒𝑐𝑜𝑚𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑚𝑜𝑟𝑒 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑚𝑜𝑟𝑒 𝑐𝑜𝑔𝑛𝑖𝑧𝑎𝑛𝑡 𝑜𝑓 𝑦𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑠ℎ𝑜𝑟𝑡𝑐𝑜𝑚𝑖𝑛𝑔𝑠, 𝑜𝑟 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑛𝑔𝑠 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑑𝑜 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑖𝑚𝑝𝑒𝑑𝑒 𝑦𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑔𝑟𝑜𝑤𝑡ℎ, 𝑜𝑟 𝑦𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑎𝑏𝑖𝑙𝑖𝑡𝑦 𝑡𝑜 𝑔𝑟𝑜𝑤 𝑖𝑛 𝑟𝑒𝑙𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛𝑠ℎ𝑖𝑝 𝑤𝑖𝑡ℎ 𝑜𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑠. 𝑊𝑒 𝑎𝑙𝑙 ℎ𝑎𝑣𝑒 𝑏𝑜𝑡ℎ, 𝑏𝑢𝑡 𝑤𝑒’𝑟𝑒 𝑛𝑜𝑡 𝑎𝑙𝑤𝑎𝑦𝑠 𝑓𝑢𝑙𝑙𝑦 𝑎𝑤𝑎𝑟𝑒 𝑜𝑓 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑚. 𝐴𝑛𝑑 𝑡𝑜 𝑏𝑒 𝑤𝑒𝑙𝑙-𝑏𝑎𝑙𝑎𝑛𝑐𝑒𝑑, 𝑡𝑜 𝑢𝑛𝑑𝑒𝑟𝑠𝑡𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑏𝑒𝑡𝑡𝑒𝑟 ℎ𝑜𝑤 𝑡𝑜 𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑙𝑙𝑦 𝑙𝑜𝑣𝑒 𝑦𝑜𝑢𝑟𝑠𝑒𝑙𝑓, 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑚𝑢𝑠𝑡 ℎ𝑎𝑣𝑒 𝑎 𝑝𝑟𝑒𝑡𝑡𝑦-𝑔𝑜𝑜𝑑 𝑔𝑟𝑎𝑠𝑝 𝑜𝑓 𝑏𝑜𝑡ℎ. 𝑆𝑜 𝑤𝑖𝑡ℎ 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑠𝑎𝑖𝑑, ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑒’𝑠 𝑎 𝑠𝑚𝑎𝑙𝑙 𝑝𝑒𝑒𝑘 𝑖𝑛𝑡𝑜 𝑚𝑦 𝑗𝑜𝑢𝑟𝑛𝑒𝑦…

Maybe you’re a newlywed couple and your reservoir is brimming from all you put into it while dating, and during your engagement. You’re gonna need it! Do you have a plan to keep it topped off as you settle into married life, get to know each other on an even deeper level and start really trying each other’s patience? Or maybe your marriage is more seasoned and you’ve been drawing and drawing from your well, and you’re starting to scrape the bottom. How are you gonna go about refilling?

How can a wife’s breasts fill her husband with delight at all times when he hasn’t been allowed to gaze at them, or enjoy them, in so long that he can barely remember how they look… or feel? And how can he be ‘intoxicated always’ in her love when he can barely remember the last time he has experienced it? One person basing their availability for sex solely on whether or not they're up to it can stifle the other’s ability to act on their impulse.

DO make it fun! Look for opportunities to stir up excitement of the impending encounter…

This past week I had to have a difficult conversation with my baby girl and watch her light, merry countenance fall. It was about all of what is going on in America today with race, people being killed and the protesting.  Why on the news we see countless images of people protesting, people looting, people angry, people grieving, law enforcement geared up — some attacking, some standing just beyond the protesters, and some joining in on marching, affirming the protest. I made the decision to talk to her right then and there.  And there was a lot to run down…