Both Naked ... and Were Not Ashamed: Second Edition

Have you ever noticed how a little child can run naked through a room full of strangers without embarrassment? He/she is not aware of his/her nakedness just as Adam and Eve were not embarrassed in their innocence. But after Adam and Eve sinned embarrassment shame and awkwardness followed creating barriers between themselves and God. We often experience these same barriers in marriage. Ideally husband and wife have no barriers feeling no shame exposing themselves to each other and God. The moment there is a sin to hide; we put on fig leaves (barriers) because we have areas we do not want our spouse or God to know about. Then we hide just as Adam and Eve hid from God. In marriage lack of spiritual emotional and intellectual intimacy usually precedes a breakdown of physical intimacy.