A Healthy Decision

Congratulations on your decision to become one through marriage! Not only is it a romantic choice you're making....it's also a healthy one! Furthermore, statistics prove over and over that developing your sexuality and intimacy further in marriage will lead to better all-around personal health.

Listen to what Dr. Stephen Bogdewic, vice chair of family medicine at Indiana University School of Medicine told Indianapolis Star reporter Shari Rudavsky:

"There's plenty of evidence that both human sexuality and intimacy and love and marriage are very, very good for our health. In fact, if a new drug was developed and had the same kind of impact, virtually every doctor in the country would be recommending it."

Bottom line is this: Marriage leads to better health. And a happy marriage leads to even better health. Do all that you can now to learn how to develop your love during your life together in marriage.

A Profile of Your Relationship

Congratulations to all of you that are recently engaged! We pray that your upcoming married life together will be one filled with many blessings and that you will truly enjoy one another as you navigate the adventures and thrills of life--as one.

To help give you needed tools for your future life together, for a limited time, we can offer those in the Greater Houston area a free online marriage premarital profile. This special opportunity, which regularly costs $50 or more, will be available at no cost to Houston couples on a first-come, first-serve basis. Engaged couples that take a premarital inventory greatly enhance their understanding of one another and are usually much better prepared for the changes that can come in life once you are married. Even if you have dated for a long time, there are usually aspects of your relationship that you probably have not yet uncovered. A premarital inventory can help begin important conversations between you that will benefit you greatly in the long run.

If you live in this area, and are interested in this process, please contact us at thehursts@homeencouragement.org and we will do our best to help you in your future marriage in any way that we can.