Sexual Intimacy is a sacred topic that I feel isn't discussed appropriately often enough. When we are married to someone who honours and cherishes us, sexual intimacy is an amazing expression of love. When we engage in that expression, our marital bonds are strengthened. President Spencer W. Kimball said: “Sex is for procreation and expression of love. It is the destiny of men and women to join together to make eternal family units. In the context of lawful marriage, the intimacy of sexual relations is right and divinely approved. There is nothing unholy or degrading about sexuality in itself, for by that means men and women join in a process of creation and in an expression of love.” (President Spencer W. Kimball, The Teachings of Spencer W. Kimball, ed. Edward L. Kimball [1982], 311)
Although it's important, sex is for more than just procreation. Women soul purpose is not to have child after child, although mothering is divine and important. President Gordon B. Hinckley stated “I am offended by the sophistry that the only lot of the Latter-day saint women is to be barefoot and pregnant. It’s a clever phrase, but it’s false. Of course we believe in children. The Lord has told us to multiply and replenish the earth that we might have joy in our posterity, and there is no greater joy than the joy that comes of happy children in good families. But he did not designate the number, not has the church. That is a sacred matter left to the couple and the Lord."( President Gordon B. Hinckley "Cornerstones of a Happy Home")
I think that a healthy sexual relationship is key for a husband and wife. It's what sets you apart from being so much more than just "roommates" or "mom and dad". Giving of ourselves sexually to our partner is the ultimate sign of trust, and when we do this within the bonds of marriage, we are blessed with a deeper connection and fulfilment in our relationship.
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