Don’t you just love learning new things? The topic for the day is emotional intimacy. Here are comments by men who are exploring intimacy.

“Going deep is becoming fun. I used to fear it.”

“I used to think, what if I get lost in ugly emotions; Now I think, I wonder what God is going to show me today.”

“I’m sick and tired of being a shallow man.”

“I’ve known shallow bonding, artificial connecting, and surface closeness. I’ve never known true intimacy.”

“I’ve been an affirmation junkie my whole life. I’ve lived for the approval of others. But no one really knows me.”

“I’ve never deeply known another person.”

“Every relationship I’ve had with a girl has been shallow. But no more. Today I’m risking it all. My new goal is intimacy and oneness with my wife.”

“I’m growing a new, deeper, understanding of myself. I’ve feared reaching inside me, thinking there was only endless pain, guilt, and unworthiness.”

“On the scary mission of intimacy something shifted. I’ve started moving from restlessness to restfulness.”

Prayer

Father, thank you for growing me. Please don’t stop. My way has not worked. Amen.

Bible

And the two will become one…

Gen. 2:24