I get it, life is busy. We’re constantly rushing about trying to get and keep all our fires going. In all that rushing though we simply forget that we need to touch and be touched by other people, and it’s not something that takes a ton of time or effort. We simply need to just reach out and touch our husband’s.

Maybe it’s as simple a peck on the cheek good-bye or hello. Maybe it’s putting your hand on their arm when you’re speaking to them. Maybe it’s grabbing them and pulling them into the laundry room with you for a kiss. Maybe it’s something more, maybe it’s something less. But it needs to be something.

Our husbands need to know that we want them, that we enjoy them, that we find them irresistible and can’t keep our hands {and lips} off of them! I want you to make it a priority this week to touch your husband, even if it’s just putting your hand on his shoulder if he’s sitting down. Do something to physically touch your husband.

Also, I want you to think about when your husband touches you: How do you respond? Do you reciprocate? Think about this. Think about your reactions. Do you not respond to it? Brush it off? Act annoyed? Work on making your responses to his touch more positive. Touch goes both ways and just as much as you need to touch your husband, you need to actually respond {and respond positively} to his touch.

*Here’s the disclaimer I have to say: In no way do I support or suggest that you should accept or give touches that are unwelcome or abusive. 

*Find more posts from this series here: Pursuing Your Husband.

Last week, at the end of the questions, I hinted a bit at what was to come this week: The physical. Physical contact is so important in a marriage, and I’m not talking just about sex {we will get to that later in the week}! Physical touch shoots off all kinds of chemicals and messages in our brains that help us to feel loved and to express love.

In the original post that inspired this #Write31Days series I told a story about my parents and a dear friend of my grandmother’s. She pointed my teenage self to the Bible in regards to my reaction to my parents kissing each other: “Greet one another with a kiss of love.” 1 Peter 5:14. It’s stuck with me. We are called to love on another, not just in thought and word, but in deed, and what better way to express our love than through physical affection!

This week we’re going to touch on the importance of touching our husbands; of kissing and hugging, of holding hands and yes, the importance of sex. It is all these things that God created for us to enjoy with our husbands. A variety of touches from us to them that can have a deep impact on our husbands, their emotions, and our marriages.

I want you to think back to your first date with your husband. I’m sure at some point you were completely anxious about whether he would touch your hand, and absolutely elated when he first did. We are hardwired to respond to touch. Let it be the touch of our husbands we thrill to, and our touch that sends our husbands into orbit.

*Find more posts from this series here: Pursuing Your Husband.