Intimacy is a powerful word in our culture. It conveys a closeness with someone that is emotionally deep and sometimes sensual as well. It is a provocative word. In my prayer life I long for intimacy with the Living God. I desire the same depth of closeness that I find in the most intimate of human relationships. God can see into my heart and hold me close. To be intimate with God we need to be vulnerable. God invites us to relax and share our whole selves. The places of shame or fear are especially safe for God to touch and heal. Imagine God to be the most gentle of counselors who has the courage to to help you face some of the most painful places in your being. God gently holds you and me and enables us to receive the love necessary to fully embrace life with its challenges and opportunities. My favorite form of prayer involves simply resting in God’s love. I imagine God holding me with the same closeness of a lover. In that safe place of love, I am free to love myself and God. Flowing out from those times of intimacy I am able to love my wife, daughter, other family, friends, or strangers. I am able to embrace all of God’s creation with a love that originates in the intimate love of the trinity.
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