It's refreshing to get back to the root of intimacy with God, and others, via the indomitable Andy Stanley and his ability to convey truth.
Intimacy requires:
1) Time - un-rushed, unstructured, "I'm just hanging out, sitting with you" time.
2) Transparency - quit being so polite; be honest. You get all of me - the good and the bad.
3) Mutual Submission - the most powerful relational dynamic in the world. I'm going to harness all of my best talents and abilities for your best interest, and you will do the same for me. You have my best interests at heart, I have have yours too.
Ritual and religion are a caricature of what we really want, which is relationship.
While I think I do okay with this most of the time, it's a lifelong thing, and the people I know and the God I trust are so worth it.
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