Real sexual intimacy.
Real sexual intimacy links marriage partners with strong strands of caring that are deeply emotional, mental—even spiritual—and also intensely physical; thus closeness does not occur only at times of intercourse. Because of the God-designed one-flesh relationship, real intimacy between husband and wife always has sexual dimensions, whether they are having sex or just talking; snuggling [...]
To Ed Wheat Sr. and Gladys Gibson Wheat, whose commitment, devotion, warmth, generosity, and integrity stood for fifty years as a beautiful picture of genuine agape love.