The Health of Marriage

    

                                              

     The health of marriage, as well as many other relationships, depends on affection. Human senses need to be seen as God-given gifts, pleasurable and useful. But if you try to identify which senses are often neglected? It is the sense of “Touch”. It has been said that the sense of touch is a silent voice that avoids the pitfall of words while expressing the feelings of the moment.

     Touch can bridge human gaps, lapses, suture the wounds in relationship, overcome barriers in relationships, establishes unity and oneness. Some medical doctors have said, that touch is good as talking.

     Touch meets the basic needs for emotional nourishment, physical stimulation, expression of assurance, giving encouragement, a warmth welcome, and a heartfelt embrace. Regardless of the status, age, culture, belief, we all need to be touched because TOUCH means I CARE.

    Touch provides an essential demonstration of love and simply reinforces the words “I Love You”. Touch is one of the most important senses yet most neglected of our senses. It is a powerful tool of reaching others and encouraging them that life must go on. Touch has the capacity to make someone feel “Special”, too.