dailydatewithgod

Intimacy seems to be one of those buzz words that we hear a lot about lately: How to create more intimacy in our relationships.  Intimate connections are what we should be striving for on all levels, etc. I once had someone break down the word intimacy-“In-to-me-I-see”.  It struck a chord in me when I heard it. It was different from any previous understanding I had seen or heard before.  It is true that I will be able to accomplish little in connecting with another human being if I am not willing to look at and recognize me.  How can I get close to someone else if I am not close with me?  Intimacy requires a level of vulnerability, of revealing myself fully to another human being.  How can I reveal that with which I am not familiar?  Drawing closer in my own relationship with myself and acknowledging all the elements of myself–good and bad, strong and weak, actually allows me to connect more with others.  If I am able to truly see all of what makes up that which I call “Me” and accept it in my heart then the eyes through which I see other people is full of greater compassion and acceptance.  As long as I am running from me because of not wanting to look at any imperfections or failings, the more I will simply look to others and see their flaws and imperfections.  What I resist, persists. Other people are mirrors for us.  They give us a window into our own beings.  Sometimes we don’t want to look so it easier to make it about them.  In the end, we are all we got.  God invites us to get quiet and to connect with him and ourselves.  God is not afraid of what we are afraid of.  My experience of God is that when I finally am willing to face that which I fear most about myself and I go within, God is already there waiting with open arms of acceptance.  It happens that way every time.  My prayer for us today is that we be willing to spend a little time getting to know ourselves.  Make it a great one!  Peace~Colleen